The immediate past governor of Kano state, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has been tipped as the national chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
Ganduje was a guest at the presidential villa on Wednesday where he met with President Bola Tinubu and three APC governors.
Barring any last-minute changes, Ganduje will emerge as the interim national chairman of the ruling party, pending the conduct of the party’s convention later in the year.
Politics Nigeria earlier reported that Senator Abdullahi Adamu resigned as the party’s national chairman on Monday, July 17, following a reported plot to edge him out
Adamu resigned alongside the national secretary, Iyiola Omisore.
Ganduje is billed to take over from Senator Abubakar Kyari, who was named the acting national chairman on Monday.
It was gathered that President Tinubu, on his return from the African Union (AU) meeting in Kenya, insisted on making Ganduje the party chairman.
The Imo state governor, Hope Uzodinma, who is the chairman of the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF), was contacted to get the go ahead from his colleagues and other critical stakeholders.
Uzodinma met with Ganduje on Tuesday, and Wednesday, they both met President Tinubu along with Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu and Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun.
At the meeting, a presidency source said the choice of Ganduje was sealed. Thereafter, the president, three governors and Ganduje met with Vice President Kashim Shettima.
“It was on Monday that the issue of making Ganduje the chairman of the party started when the chairman of the PGF met with him in Abuja. Uzodinma told the former Kano state governor [Ganduje] of the president’s intention to make him the party’s chairman,” a source told Daily Trust.
He said the issue was finalised when the president met Ganduje and three governors on Wednesday night.
