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<p>By Yusuf Danjuma Yunusa</p>
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<p>A deepening leadership crisis has split the Progressive Governors’ Forum (PGF), the body of state governors elected under the All Progressives Congress (APC), into rival factions.</p><div class="utGNyJh8" style="clear:both;float:left;width:100%;margin:0 0 20px 0;"><script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>

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<p>The incumbent chairman, Hope Uzodimma, governor of Imo State, maintains that he remains in charge of the forum alongside his deputy, Uba Sani, governor of Kaduna State. However, a competing bloc has reportedly coalesced around Dapo Abiodun, governor of Ogun State, and AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, governor of Kwara State.</p>
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<p>Governors aligned with the Abiodun-AbdulRazaq camp hail from Adamawa, Zamfara, Delta, Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Rivers, Bayelsa, Niger, Kwara, Plateau, Enugu, and Katsina states.</p>
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<p>On the other side, governors backing Uzodimma include those from Kano, Taraba, Kebbi, Yobe, Lagos, Gombe, Kogi, Edo, Ekiti, Ondo, Sokoto, Jigawa, Ebonyi, Nasarawa, and Kaduna states.</p>
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<p>On Friday, the governors supporting Uzodimma passed a vote of confidence in his leadership during what was described as an emergency meeting at the Imo State Lodge in Abuja. The gathering occurred just hours after the PGF denied reports that Uzodimma had been removed as chairman.</p>
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<p>Governors present at the meeting included Umar Namadi (Jigawa), Hyacinth Alia (Benue), Nasir Idris (Kebbi), Mai Mala Buni (Yobe), Abba Yusuf (Kano), Ahmed Ododo (Kogi), Francis Nwifuru (Ebonyi), Babagana Zulum (Borno), Ahmad Aliyu (Sokoto), Agbu Kefas (Taraba), Uba Sani (Kaduna), and Lucky Aiyedatiwa (Ondo). Emmanuel Akabe, deputy governor of Nasarawa State, attended on behalf of his principal.</p>
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<p>Earlier reports had claimed that Peter Mbah, governor of Enugu State, emerged as the new chairman of the PGF following an extraordinary meeting of APC governors in Abuja on Thursday night. According to those reports, about 20 governors—including those from Ogun, Bayelsa, and Enugu states—attended the closed-door session, which was said to have resulted in Mbah succeeding Uzodimma.</p>
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<p>As of the time of this report, the precise cause of the disagreement remains unclear, and neither faction has issued a detailed official statement explaining the split.</p>
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