BREAKING: Northern APC govs back power shift to South

All Progressives Congress Governors from the Northern part of the country have backed the transfer of power to the South.

The decision was taken at a meeting of the governors on Saturday night in Abuja. The Northern governors also asked aspirants from the northern region to withdraw.

They asked Buhari to limit his search for a successor as the APC’s presidential candidate to the South.

They said power shift to the South will be in the interest of building a stronger, more united and more progressive country.

Based on their advisory, Governor Abubakar Badaru of Jigawa State has withdrawn from presidential race.

The Governors and leaders made their position known in a communique at the end of a meeting in Abuja.

The leaders, who sent an advisory to Buhari were Governors Nasir el-Rufai, Aminu Bello Masari, Simon Lalong, Abdullahi Ganduje, Muhammed Inuwa Yahaya, Bello Matawalle and Abubakar Sani Bello.

Others were Abdullahi Sule, Babagana Umara Zulum, Atiku Bagudu and ex-Governor Aliyu Wamakko.

The communique said: “APC governors and political leaders from the northern states of Nigeria today met to review the political situation and to further support our party in providing progressive leadership amidst our national challenges.