The Progressives Governors Forum (PGF), the umbrella body of governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has ruled out support for political alliances or arrangements that could undermine President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s re-election bid or affect APC candidates in the 2027 general elections.
The governors said they would neither participate in, support nor endorse any political arrangement capable of weakening the APC or creating competing interests within the ruling party.
Chairman of the forum and Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, disclosed the position after a closed-door meeting of APC governors at the Imo State Governor’s Lodge in Abuja.
Reading the communique issued after the meeting, Uzodimma said the governors’ priority was to support candidates officially fielded by the APC at all levels.
He stressed that the forum would not support candidates outside the APC, noting that the party’s candidates were contesting under its platform.
“The APC Governors Forum unanimously resolved that its members will not participate in, support or endorse any alliance or political arrangement capable of undermining the re-election of Mr President, weakening the APC or adversely affecting any candidate of the party at all levels,” Uzodimma said.
The governor disclosed that the governors’ campaign commitment would be exclusively to APC candidates and that campaign structures at all levels would align with the party’s objectives.
On the proposed APC Presidential Campaign Council, the governors said they would take leading roles in mobilising support for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s re-election across their respective states.
According to the forum, the campaign strategy would focus on grassroots mobilisation, with efforts to reach communities and engage different demographic groups across the country.
The governors also pledged to strengthen internal party unity and harmonise campaign structures from the national level down to the constituencies.
They further said they would continue to drive development in their respective states in line with the administration’s Renewed Hope agenda.
The declaration came amid political differences between Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, and some APC governors over political alliances ahead of the 2027 elections. Recent reports have linked the disagreement to Wike’s support for President Tinubu’s re-election while retaining his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and his reported efforts to build a broader political coalition.
