9 APC Governors set to Leave Party Ahead of 2019
Ahead of the 2019 presidential elections, there are indications that some state governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) are planning to ditch the ruling party. The rumoured exit, according to a party leader, will affect the fortunes of the governing party and President Muhammadu Buhari’s future ambition in 2019. Except the president and party leaders move fast to heal the wounds in APC, no fewer than nine governors and hundreds of party chieftains are on their way out of the party. The APC is expected to suffer more in South-West and North Central. Although the APC, the ruling party at the centre, currently controls 23 out of the 36 states of the federation, a number of governors in these states have become disenchanted with the party and the government at the centre. Another source told our correspondent that some of the governors are reaching out to their colleagues