Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodinma, has survived the sudden move to remove him as Chairman of the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF), the umbrella body of state governors who belong to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

The “coup” was executed barely hours after Uzodimma spoke on behalf of APC governors during the submission of President Bola Tinubu's 2027 Presidential Nomination and Expression of Interest forms in Abuja yesterday evening, Thursday, Thursday, May 7, 2026.

Reports say that the decision was reached during an extraordinary meeting of about 20 APC governors held Thursday night at the Ogun State Governor’s Lodge in Abuja.

Governors from several states, including Ogun, Bayelsa, and Enugu, were reportedly in attendance at the high-level meeting. Six of the governors who attended the meeting reportedly joined by Zoom.

Uzodimma is said to have been removed due to a variety of alleged “sins”, among them high-handedness, resulting in the loss of confidence in his leadership, with the Governor of Enugu State, Peter Mbah, tipped as his replacement.

However, according to an inside source, the Imo Governor activated the survival mode after his colleagues immediately informed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of their decision.

The President was said to have made a case for Uzodimma, a development which made the Director-General of Progressive Governors' Forum, Folorunso Aluko, to quickly issue a statement dismissing the purported removal of the PGF Chairman, describing it as false and misleading.

He insisted in a statement that Governor Uzodinma remained the chairman of the forum.

According to Aluko, "No meeting of the forum was held at which any such decision was taken. The PGF Secretariat has no record of, and is not aware of any resolution removing Senator Hope Uzodinma.

"The forum remains United, focused, and committed of the party's faithful and the media are therefore advised to disregard the said report in its entirety.”

Governor Uzodinma was yet to react to the reports as at the time of filing this report.

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