Governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress have insisted that the party’s National Convention must hold in February.
The Governors, operating under the aegis of Progressives Governors’ Forum, took the position on Sunday night in Abuja.
The Governors, who met at the Kebbi State Governor’s Lodge, Asokoro, Abuja, however, did not fix a specific date for the February convention as ordered by President Muhammadu Buhari.
Speaking with newsmen after the meeting ended at about 11:30pm, the Chairman of the Forum and Kebbi State Governor, Atiku Bagudu, said the Forum decided that the convention must go ahead in February.
Bagudu, however, did not give a date for the convention.
He said the Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee will consult with other stakeholders to harmonise all positions and announce a suitable date.
He said the Forum was full of praises for the Chairman of the CECPC and Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni, and two other Governors serving on the Committee: Abubakar Sani Bello of Niger State and Gboyega Oyetola of Osun State.
Among Governors who attended the meeting were Dapo Abiodun (Ogun), Rotimi Akeredolu (Ondo), Nasir el-Rufai (Kaduna), Yahaya Bello (Kogi), Bello (Niger), Abubakar Badaru (Jigawa), Bello Matawalle (Zamfara) and David Umahi (Ebonyi).
Others were Oyetola (Osun), Babajide Sanwo-Olu (Lagos), Simon Lalong (Plateau), Abdullahi Sule (Nasarawa), Buni (Yobe), Hope Uzodinma (Imo), Ben Ayade (Cross River), AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq (Kwara), Babagana Zulum (Borno), Abdullahi Umar Ganduje (Kano), Bagudu (Kebbi) and Kayode Fayemi (Ekiti).