APC getting their own karma

Added: 2026-05-17

[00:00:00]Mid-2026, a political earthquake is rumbling beneath the surface of a ruling All Progressives Congress.

[00:00:09]Not in the streets, not at the ballot box, but in the closed-door lodges, the encrypted WhatsApp groups, and the whispered corridors of power where governors gather.

[00:00:23]Welcome to Newsroom Nigeria. I'm your host as always, Olúwayọmí Tèmílolá.

[00:00:28]And today, we go deep into one of the most significant political fractures to its Nigerian's ruling party in years.

[00:00:38]The Progressives Governors Forum, the APC's most powerful internal caucus, has splits.

[00:00:45]Two factions, two narratives, one big question: Who really controls the party's future?

[00:00:56]This isn't just about who sits in which chair.

[00:00:59]This is about money, power, and the 2027 presidential succession.

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[00:01:40]To understand the splits, we must first understand the forum.

[00:01:44]The Progressives Governors Forum wasn't born yesterday. It was forged in power.

[00:01:50]August 2013, the merger that created the APC, the Action Congress of Nigeria, the APC, the CPC was a political miracle.

[00:02:03]But miracles need management.

[00:02:08]Founded by 11 APC governors including legends like Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers and Rochas Okorocha of Imo, their mission, simple paper, coordinates policy, share best practices, present a united front for the APC social democratic vision.

[00:02:29]But in practice, it became the real power center of the party, more influential sometimes than the National Working Committee.

[00:02:40]Why? Because governors control states, states control votes, votes control power.

[00:02:48]And in Nigeria's political economy, that translates to resources, patronage, and influence.

[00:02:55]The PGF wasn't just a talking shop.

[00:02:59]It