Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodimma has reportedly been removed as Chairman of the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF).
The development comes just hours after Uzodimma spoke on behalf of governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) during the submission of President Bola Tinubu’s presidential nomination and expression of interest forms in Abuja on Thursday.
Sources disclosed that the decision was reached during an extraordinary meeting of about 20 APC governors held Thursday night at the Ogun State Governor’s Lodge in Abuja.
Governors from several states, including Ogun, Bayelsa, and Enugu, were reportedly in attendance at the high-level meeting. A new chairman of the forum is expected to be announced shortly.
Reacting to the development in a statement issued on Thursday night, the Director-general of Progressive Governors’ Forum, Folorunso Aluko, dismissed the report, describing it as false and misleading.
He added that governor Hope UzodiMma remains the chairman of the forum.
“No meeting of the forum was held at which any such decision was taken. The PGF Secretariat has no record of, and is not aware of,any resolution removing Senator Hope Uzodinma.
“The forum remains united, focused, and committed of the party’s faithful and the media are therefore advised to disregard the said report in it’s entirety,” he said.