Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has said it is too late for the G-5 Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors to reconcile with the national leadership of the party.

Wike explained that contrary to insinuations that G-5 governors were working at cross-purposes, the group, he maintained, has remained intact and their impact would soon be felt during the February 25 presidential election.

The governor, according to a statement by his media aide, Kelvin Ebiri, spoke during a media chat in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, yesterday.

He said no G-5 governor has so far attended the PDP presidential campaign in their respective states.

“Even before Enugu governor received him (Atiku) in Government House, we knew about it. We cannot tell you the approach. Forget about what people are saying, the 25th is almost here. Everybody will see it.

“We can’t do that again. It’s over. We have said it and there is nothing anybody can do about it now. They believe they have won the election, so they don’t need us. I am not ready to sit down again with anybody.”

He said those that chose to ignore the G-5 and other members of the Integrity Group would soon realise their grave mistake.

Wike, who said he has no apology for hosting the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and other leaders of the party in Port Harcourt on Wednesday, however, declined to mention his preferred presidential candidate.

He said PDP leaders in Rivers State have already taken a position on whom the state will vote for and that decision has been communicated to party stalwarts and supporters ahead of next week’s election.

The governor reiterated that he would never leave the PDP and boasted that he remained one of the most relevant members of the party.

Speaking on the decision of the PDP not to hold its presidential campaign in Rivers State, the governor said members of Presidential Campaign Council in the State lacked honour and are devious.  

According to him, after collecting money from some governors to organise the presidential rally, the PCC members, who apparently lack capacity to mobilise crowd, decided to cook up an outlandish conspiracy theory of insecurity in the state.

On President Muhammadu Buhari’s broadcast, yesterday, the governor said his insistence that the old N500 and N1000 note ceased to be a legal tender is tantamount to interference with pending lawsuit at the Supreme Court, stressing that the President’s directive to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to reintroduce only the old N200 note into the economy is an affront on the court.