The power play within the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has actually claimed its first casualty, with the resignation of the Director General of the Progressives Governors Forum (PGF), Dr. Salihu Lukman.

Lukman’s resignation might not be unconnected with his tough position that the Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) chaired by the Governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni and other members of the committee resigns if they are unable to carry out the nationwide convention of the celebration tentatively, February.

The power play from the numerous interest groups and power blocks within the ruling celebration on whether the convention must keep in February or not ultimately consumed Lukman, who was seen by many as the conscience of the party.

DAILY POST can dependably report that the choice to alleviate Lukman of his duty was pondered at the meeting of APC guvs hung on Sunday at Kebbi Lodge in Abuja.

It was, nevertheless, collected that during the consideration, the guvs were greatly divided on whether to require Lukman to resign or not

Investigation revealed that while the majority of the guvs were opposed to Lukman’s resignation, few of the governors firmly insisted that he should go.

Efforts to get Lukman to respond to the concern were unsuccessful since the time of filing this but sources at the PGF secretariat verified the advancement.