Oyo state governor, Engr Seyi Makinde, on Thursday, disclosed that the G5, better known as the Integrity Group, visited President Bola Tinubu to brief him on the latest happenings as well as the group’s stance for fairness, equity, and justice in the country.

Governor Makinde, who was flanked by four other members of the group who are now immediate past governors, noted that nation-building is a difficult task and demands constant evaluation.

The G5, made up of aggrieved politicians within the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) kicked against the emergence of PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar in the last elections and backed the return of power to Southern Nigeria.

According to the governor, the G5 will keep meeting with the President on the way forward for the country.

Addressing State House correspondents, Governor Makinde said, “NNation-building is a very difficult task. You have to keep evaluating, you know what you’re doing, where you’re going. So, we have to keep seeing the President, you know, to let him know what is happening.

“The G-5, the Integrity Group, came to let the President know what we stood for fairness, justice, and equity.

In attendance at the meeting alongside Makinde were four former governors within the party. They are former Governors Nyesom Wike (Rivers), Samuel Ortom (Benue), Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia), and Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Enugu).

The current governor of Enugu State, Peter Mbah was also in attendance.

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The oyo state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has again called out Governor Seyi Makinde over an alleged claim that he had an agreement of partnership on the ongoing general election with the President-elect, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, warning him to bury the idea of securing a second term in office through the instrumentality of blackmail, falsehood, and propaganda.

The aftermath of the last presidential and national assembly elections has been greeted with the exchange of words from the camp of Governor Makinde and members of the opposition APC in the state on account of claims and counterclaims about the governor playing a role in the victory of Sen. Tinubu over Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi and Sen. Rabiu Kwakwanso of the People’s Democratic Party, Labour Party, and New Nigeria People’s Party respectively.

In a statement issued on Sunday in Ibadan and made available to press men by its Publicity Secretary, Olawale Sadare, Oyo APC berated Governor Makinde over what it described as “his overt and covert but futile efforts geared towards creating a false impression about being instrumental to the emergence of Sen. Tinubu as the President-elect to position himself for a soft landing at the next poll coming up this Saturday.

“Rather than respond to the challenge which we threw last week on this same subject matter, Governor Makinde has continued to hide behind a finger by sponsoring some misguided individuals to spread the fake news about a purported agreement between the President-elect and the five aggrieved PDP governors referred to as G5. Governor Makinde’s men mischievously tell the fake story of him delivering Oyo state to Sen. Tinubu on February 25 whereas they do not have a single fact to back up their claims.

“There are records of efforts put up by Oyo APC chieftains such as Sen. Teslim Folarin, Hon. Isaac Omodewu, Engr. Rauf Olaniyan, Dr. Fola Akinosun, and Prof. Abideen Olaiya among others visited all the media houses in the state to promote the candidature of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu while we also have it on record how Governor Makinde’s media handlers used every available opportunity to run down the presidential candidate of the APC. In addition, members of the public keep a record of all the coordinated vandalism done to the billboards and other outdoor campaign materials of the former Lagos state governor in every part of Oyo state.

“Again, we make bold to ask whether it was Governor Makinde who caused Oyo to be the state which gave Sen. Bola Tinubu the highest number of delegate votes at the APC presidential primary last year. We also put it to the governor and his sympathizers to bring out any media material or document in which he (Makinde) mentioned Tinubu as his choice of a presidential candidate before the declaration of poll results by INEC even as they have not produced the agreement they claim Asiwaju signed with the G5 governors.

“The truth remains that no reasonable political leader or gladiator would risk supporting Governor Makinde for a second term given his unenviable record of betrayal, backstabbing, and poor performance in office. For the avoidance of doubt, Sen. Tinubu is abreast of happenings in Oyo state’s political space and he is comfortable with the choice of Sen. Teslim Folarin as the next governor of the Pacesetter and the person with him he would work to uplift our dear state”, Sadare added.

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Makinde stated this during a live appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Friday, noting that party members cannot keep picking and choosing what parts of the constitution they are going to obey and disregard.

His words, “If I will tell you precisely what is going on, the unity of this country is at stake. When they said, ‘Rotate. Let there be inclusivity. Get zone party positions – rotate it,’ it’s because we know that our federalism has not taken serious root.

“So, to compensate for some of the things that we don’t have constitutionally right now, we said, ‘Rotate the positions, do zoning.’ Now, we’ve disregarded that.

“The National Chairman himself was the one that made that comment that peradventure somebody from the northern part of the country emerges as the presidential candidate, he will resign.

“But now you are saying the constitution must be followed. This is the constitution we’ve flagrantly disregarded in the first instance”, he submitted.

The governor also called to question the recent dissolution of the PDP’s State Working Committee in Ekiti State.

“They said almost six months ago that ‘this is too close to an election to start asking the national chairman to resign.’

“But less than how many days ago, they dissolved the entire exco in Ekiti State. So, that dissolution is not too close to an election?” he questioned,

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