There are reports that the National Working Committee of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is against the move by the party's governors to appoint former Kano Governor Umar Abdullahi as the new National Chairman.

According to several reports, the decision on who succeeds Senator Abdullahi Adamu and Senator Iyiola Omisore has torn members of the party apart.

Recall that the Progressives Governors’ Forum, the umbrella body of the party’s governors led by Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma were in the Presidential Villa on Wednesday, July 19 with President Bola Tinubu handpicking Ganduje as his preferred candidate.

Some members of the APC NWC, however, The Punch were not in support of the governor's plan, insisting that the office had been zoned to the North-Central geopolitical zone. Ganduje is from the North-West Geopolitical zone.

However, a source close to the former Kano state governor confirmed that Ganduje, believed to have been penciled down as a minister, was considered at the eleventh hour as the right candidate to reunite aggrieved members of the National Working Committee and supporters of the party.

In fact, the National Vice Chairman of North-West of the APC, Salihu Lukman has cautioned against a move to give the leadership of the party's national secretariat to Ganduje, The Nigerian Tribune reported.