Alhaji Bamanga
Tukur has maintained that he will not resign as National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
A report of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF),
Senator Anyim Pius Anyim, was said to have recommended his
resignation.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) also observed
that elections of most members of the NWC did not follow due process.
Speaking with State House correspondents at the end of the meeting
between President Goodluck Jonathan and members of the National Working
Committee (NWC) of the party, he said that his position was not affected
by the report.
The meeting at the Presidential Villa lasted for about an hour.
Stressing that there is no vacancy in the position of PDP National
Chairman, Tukur said that the meeting with the President dwelt on
rectifying the positions of eight members of the NWC who were not
properly elected.
He said: “It is not true that I am resigning. Resign for what? It is
not true at all. We are here to run the PDP and we have done so and we
will continue to run the PDP. We are going to have our caucus tonight, we are going to have BOT tomorrow, we are going to have our NEC on Thursday.”
“It is not true chairman is there dam dam. The chairman is not only
in office, he is in power. In PDP, there is no vacancy in the national
chairmanship.” He went on: “The meeting is about regularising the family of PDP
because there was INEC observation, some of the members of the NWC we
not properly elected so it has to be regularized.”
“Those who have not been elected will resign and they will go back, they will have opportunity to regularise. About eight people are affected. Thee are three people that are not
affected, they the National Chairman, the National Financial Secretary,
National Auditor and of course National Secretary which is vacant now.”
“The other eight people, all the deputies, and ex-officios and the
rest of them whose election in the convention was not voted for.” He
stated
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