The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, and his counterpart in Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, paid a courtesy visit to President-elect Bola Tinubu at the Defence House on Friday evening.
Wike and Makinde belong to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
They both belong to the G5, a group of five PDP governors that also includes Samuel Ortom of Benue, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu and Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia States.
Tinubu, who belongs to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), was in the company of some APC governors – Abubakar Bagudu of Kebbi State, Abubakar Badaru of Jigawa and Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State.
On March 1, Tinubu was declared winner of the contentious February 25 presidential election.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said he secured 8,794,726 votes to defeat the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, and the Labour Party (LP) candidate, Peter Obi, who got 6,984,520 and 6,101,533 votes respectively.
Atiku and Obi rejected the results of the election and are presently challenging it in court.
Briefing journalists after the meeting, Makinde said elections are over and the country must move toward governance.
“We are here to let him know that elections are over – this is governance and we will do our best to give him support,” Makinde said.
Wike also pledged his support to the Tinubu administration.
Wike said, “Elections are gone and a winner has emerged and therefore all Nigerians must rally round and give him (Tinubu) necessary support.
“Everybody is waiting for May 29 to see that the President is inaugurated and he keeps the ground running to make sure that Nigerians get what they expected.
“I have confidence that he (Tinubu) has what it takes to turn Nigeria around. I have confidence in him.”
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