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Nigeria's Ruling APC Party Splits Over President Buhari

by Reuters

   ABUJA --

   Nigeria's ruling party has split after a faction declared that it no
   longer supports the government of President Muhammadu Buhari,
   threatening his hopes of a securing a second term in an election
   scheduled to take place this year.

   A group of politicians who were part of the All Progressives Congress
   (APC) told a news conference in Abuja late on Wednesday they had formed
   a new faction, led by former Buhari ally Buba Galadima and called
   Reformed-All Progressives Congress (R-APC).

   "The APC has run a rudderless, inept and incompetent government that
   has failed to deliver good governance to the Nigerian people,"
   Galadima, national chairman of the R-APC, said, describing the new
   faction as the authentic representatives of the APC.