APC Govs’ Forum DG, Resigns Amid National Convention Crisis
The internal crisis within the All Progressive Congress, APC, recorded its first casualty as the Director-General of the Progressive Governors’’ Forum, Salihu Lukman has resigned.
Sources said that the internal controversies between the governors of the All Progressives Congress and the Buni-led Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee over the party’s national convention, led to the resignation of Lukman.
It was gathered that although the APC Governors met on Sunday to discuss the National Convention, they also deliberated whether or not the DG should be forced to resign due to his role the ongoing crisis.
According to a party source, while some of the governors opposed Lukman’s resignation, others insisted that he should be shown the door.
Sunday’s meeting was attended by the Governors of Yobe, Mai Mala Buni; Borno, Babagana Zulum; Jigawa, Muhammad Abubakar; Ondo, Rotimi Akeredolu; Niger, Abubakar Bello; Kaduna, Nasir El-Rufai; Ekiti, Kayode Fayemi; Kogi, Yahaya Bello; Ogun, Dapo Abiodun; Zamfara, Bello Matawalle; Ebonyi, Dave Umahi; Osun, Gboyega Oyetola; Lagos, Babajide Sanwo-Olu; Plateau, Simon Lalong; Imo, Hope Uzondinma; Nasarrawa, Abdullahi Sule, Cross River, Ben Ayade; Kwara, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, Kano, Abdullahi Ganduje; and Deputy Governor of Anambra State, Nkem Okeke.
