Governors of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) on Sunday night met in Abuja to deliberate on the way forward for the party, especially with regard to its planned National Convention.
The meeting which started around 8pm, took place behind closed doors at the Kebbi State Governor’s Lodge in Asokoro.
Although the agenda of the meeting was kept under wraps up to the time of filing this report, it was, however, gathered that the focus was on zoning of party offices ahead of the national convention.
The party is also currently divided on the issue of the Convention, as some stakeholders want it held before Christmas while others are pushing for the second quarter of next year.
As of 8.30pm, at least 17 of the governors had already sat for the meeting.
Those in attendance include: the host and Kebbi governor, Abubakar Atiku Bagudu, his counterparts from Kogi, Nasarawa, Katsina, Plateau, Ekiti, Jigawa, Kano, Kwara, Imo, Borno, Ebonyi, Lagos, Zamfara, Niger, Ogun and Cross River.
The governors of Osun, Yobe, Gombe and Kaduna States were still being expected.