G5 Aggrieved PDP Governors Meet With Bala Mohammed in Bauchi
Hours after Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State met with the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar in Abuja, the group of five aggrieved PDP governors (G5 governors) met with the Bauchi State Governor.
The G5 governors are demanding the resignation of the PDP National Chairman, Senator Iyorchia Ayu.
Four members of the G5 governors held a closed-door meeting with the Governor of Bauchi State Bala Mohammed.
The four G5 governors at the meeting in Bauchi State include Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, Samuel Ortom of Benue State, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, and Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State.
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State who was with his G5 colleagues to inaugurate some projects completed by Ortom in Benue State on Monday, was, however, absent.
Wike said they are on a solidarity visit to Governor Mohammed and to also discuss ways they can intervene regarding some challenges surrounding the Bauchi governor’s re-election bid. 
On his part, Governor Mohammed appreciated the show of concern and listed some of the issues as anti-party challenges and treachery in the state.
He added that he is also willing to confide with the integrity group (G5) about his fears and worries.
Governor Bala Mohammed had threatened to leave the party’s presidential campaign council if the former vice president’s loyalists who are working against his reelection were not called to order by Atiku Abubakar, whom Governor Mohammed accused of being fully aware of their activities in Bauchi State.
The most recent development is a further crack in the PDP which has been battling an internal crisis since the party’s presidential primary in May.
Governor Wike, who lost to Atiku in the exercise, claimed that the process was not fair.
He is also demanding the resignation of the party’s National Chairman Iyorchia Ayu, insisting that he (Ayu) and the PDP flagbearer are from the same region.
Efforts so far to reconcile them have failed with Wike and his allies maintaining that they won’t participate in the party’s presidential campaigns.
On his part, Governor Bala Mohammed who also participated in the PDP presidential primary is also accusing Atiku Abubakar of victimising him (Bala Mohammed) for running against him (Atiku) in the presidential primary of the PDP.
