Scandal-ridden Boris Johnson to quit as UK Prime Minister

Johnson's Downing Street office confirmed that he would make a statement to the country later

Boris Johnson will announce his resignation as British prime minister on Thursday after he was abandoned by ministers and his Conservative Party's lawmakers who said he was no longer fit to govern.

With eight ministers, including two secretaries of state, resigning in the last two hours, an isolated and powerless Johnson was set to bow to the inevitable and declare he was stepping down later on Thursday, a source said. His Downing Street office confirmed that Johnson would make a statement to the country later.

After days of battling for his job, Johnson had been deserted by all but a handful of