The chief executive of the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF), Salihu Mohammed Lukman, said governors elected on the All Progressives Congress (APC) platform have been reduced to punching bags.

In a statement released Thursday in Abuja, Lukman urged Governor Mai Mala Buni, the Acting Custodian/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, not to take progressive governors for granted.

The secretary of the APC’s interim committee, Senator John James Akpanudoedehe, said the committee was consulting with key stakeholders ahead of the convention.

But Lukman, in a statement released on Thursday, said: “CECPC should also stop pretending that it is waiting for the meeting of progressive governors before making all the decisions necessary to begin the process of organizing the Convention.

“Such a claim is not only dishonest, but also takes for granted the support of progressive governors, which is why progressive governors have been reduced to punches from all party members regarding all the challenges facing the party. .

“Progressive governors, like all party members, will not associate themselves with any act that disrespects decisions validly taken in consultation with President Buhari.

“CECPC must be informed that all consultations on the organization of the Convention ended with the meeting with President Buhari on November 22, 2021 and therefore the leadership of CECPC should stop lying to Nigerians and members of the APC,” he said.