Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister Nyesom Wike is facing criticism from Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) chieftain Aisha Yesufu after he claimed the G5 governors allowed Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi to win votes in South-South states in the 2023 election. Yesufu disputes Wike’s account and argues that his supposed political influence is exaggerated.
In separate reports, the outlets describe Wike’s position as that a deliberate G5 plan contributed to Obi’s performance in the South-South, with Rivers State excluded from the arrangement. Yesufu responds in posts on X, questioning why, if the G5 were so influential, the governors could not secure electoral wins for their own senatorial bids held on the same day and time in 2023.
Both sources present Yesufu’s central challenge as highlighting that three G5 governors contested for Senate but lost, which she uses to argue that Wike’s claim about the group’s ability to shape outcomes is not credible. The reports focus on the clash between Wike’s explanation for voting patterns and Yesufu’s counterargument based on subsequent election results involving the governors themselves.
