The internal power struggle convulsing the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has taken a dramatic and highly significant new turn as Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma has lost the chairmanship of the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) — a development that represents one of the most consequential political setbacks suffered by the embattled governor in recent months and deals a visible and painful blow to his standing and influence within the ruling party’s power structure.
The loss of the PGF chairmanship — a position that confers enormous prestige, political leverage, and influence over the APC’s governance agenda and internal decision-making processes — strips Uzodimma of one of his most powerful platforms within the party at precisely the moment he can least afford such a diminution of his political capital.
The development comes against a backdrop of mounting political difficulties for the Imo governor, who has been navigating a series of challenges simultaneously — including fierce resistance to his reported ambitions for a principal officer position in the incoming 11th National Assembly, the Senate’s controversial new leadership rules widely seen as targeting former governors, and the broader APC power dynamics being shaped by President Bola Tinubu’s inner circle ahead of 2027.
Sources within APC circles indicate that Uzodimma’s loss of the PGF chairmanship was the product of a carefully orchestrated internal realignment among APC governors — with a coalition of state executives said to have concluded that a change of leadership at the Forum was necessary to better reflect the current balance of power within the party and to position the governors’ platform more effectively for the critical political battles ahead.
The identity of Uzodimma’s successor as PGF chairman is being closely watched by political analysts — with the choice expected to reveal a great deal about which faction of the APC’s gubernatorial wing currently holds the upper hand and which governor enjoys the strongest backing from the Presidency going into the 2027 election cycle.
For Uzodimma, the loss of the PGF chairmanship adds to a growing list of political reverses that have progressively weakened his position within the APC’s national power structure — raising urgent questions among his political allies and supporters about the trajectory of his influence within the party and his capacity to protect both his own political interests and those of his state heading into 2027.
Political observers warn that the PGF chairmanship change is unlikely to be an isolated event — predicting that it is the opening move in a broader and more consequential realignment of power among APC governors as the party’s 2027 presidential and governorship campaigns begin to take definitive shape.
CDA News Nigeria will continue to provide comprehensive coverage of the APC’s evolving internal power dynamics as the 2027 election season approaches.
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