The All Progressives Congress (APC) has formally confirmed the resignation of its Nationwide Chairman, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, amid swirling political undercurrents and inner social gathering realignments.
Ganduje, a former Governor of Kano State, stepped down from his place on Friday, June 27, 2025, citing well being issues. His resignation letter was submitted to the social gathering’s Nationwide Working Committee (NWC) by means of the Nationwide Secretary, Senator Ajibola Basiru.
In an announcement launched Friday evening, APC Nationwide Publicity Secretary Felix Morka confirmed the event, describing the resignation as efficient instantly.
“Dr. Ganduje has determined to step right down to attend to pressing and necessary private issues. All through his tenure, he devoted himself to strengthening the social gathering’s unity and cohesion, expounding its democratic beliefs and enhancing the social gathering’s electoral competitiveness,” Morka said.
Morka additionally acknowledged Ganduje’s contributions to the social gathering’s current achievements, together with high-profile defections from opposition events and beneficial courtroom rulings affirming the APC’s inner management construction.
He additional famous that the boldness expressed in Ganduje through the social gathering’s NEC and caucus conferences in February 2025 confirmed the belief and appreciation for his management.
In a swift response to the management vacuum, President Bola Tinubu reportedly directed Hon. Ali Bukar Dalori, the Deputy Nationwide Chairman (North), to imagine the place of performing Nationwide Chairman with speedy impact. The president additionally instructed Dalori to urgently convene a Nationwide Government Committee (NEC) assembly to start the method of appointing a substantive chairman.
Whereas the official clarification for Ganduje’s exit stays centred on well being points, political observers have pointed to deeper intrigues throughout the ruling social gathering. Hypothesis is rife that Ganduje’s resignation could also be half of a bigger political technique to facilitate the return of Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, former Kano State Governor and 2023 presidential candidate of the New Nigerian Peoples Get together (NNPP), to the APC.
Although unconfirmed, sources near the presidency counsel that the transfer might be aimed toward consolidating APC’s power within the North forward of the 2027 basic elections.
In the meantime, Morka reassured social gathering members and the general public that the APC stays dedicated to delivering on the “Renewed Hope Agenda” below President Tinubu’s administration.