G5 GOVERNORS REMAIN WITH APC DESPITE MEETING WITH PRESIDENT

The meeting President Goodluck Jonathan had with Peoples Democratic Party governors on Sunday which was aimed at resolving the crisis in the ruling party ended  again in a deadlock in the early hours of Monday.Contrary to expectation, Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso of Kano State  and his  Sokoto State  counterpart, Aliyu Wamakko, who had earlier announced their defection to the All Progressives Congress, stuck to their guns at the end of the meeting.Wamakko told State House correspondents at about 2.15 am on Monday that he used the opportunity of the meeting to formally inform the President of the defection of five PDP governors, including himself, to the  APC.He  explained  that   Kwankwaso   and himself  only attended the meeting out of respect for the President, who invited them.Wamakko said, “The  meeting went on very well because some of us came here as governors. In the PDP matter, our position has been known.