A former governor of Kano State, Umaru Ganduje, has intensified lobbying in his bid to emerge as the next National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress.
The crisis within the ruling party led to the sudden exit of Senator Abdullahi Adamu and Senator Iyiola Omisore as the party’s National Chairman and National Secretary, respectively.
Ganduje from the North-West zone has been visiting prominent members of the party to solicit support for his ambition, but the North-Central zone is opposed to his clinching the coveted position.
However, Ganduje was said to have secured the backing of President Bola Tinubu and the Progressives Governors’ Forum
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The PGF, an umbrella body of governors elected on the APC platform, which met in Abuja, has reportedly agreed to back Ganduje as Adamu’s successor.
A source noted that the former governor met with the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume, on Sunday in Abuja as he intensified his lobby to be the consensus candidate for the party’s top job.
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It was also revealed that the former governor earlier met with Senator Aliyu Wamakko, a former governor of Sokoto State, in his Asokoro residence in Abuja on Saturday.
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