Jonathan made the announcement at the commencement of the meeting of the NEC on Thursday in Abuja
Browsing: Alhaji Bamanga Tukur
Earlier reports had indicated that Tukur had resigned based on pressure from aggrieved members of the party, especially its governors
As first exclusively reported by The Eagle Online at about 2am on Wednesday, Tukur agreed to resign as the national chairman of the PDP at the caucus meeting of the party held at the Presidential Villa, Abuja
At Tuesday’s meeting, Tukur was said to have initially resisted the move to force him to resign
The chairmen, acceding to one of those at the meeting, have communicated their decision to the Presidency, the National Executive Committee of the party, the National Working Committee and the PDP Governors’ Forum
Some stakeholders of the party, especially governors elected on the platform of the PDP, are insisting that Tukur must leave as chairman in the bid to resolve the crisis that had engulfed the party in the last one year
As earlier exclusively reported by The Eagle Online, Tukur arrived before others for the caucus meeting
He insisted that the party`s National Executive Committee and the National Working Committee were never part of the problems in the South West PDP
Tukur stated this in an interview with State House correspondents shortly after a closed-door meeting with Vice-President Namadi Sambo at the State House, Abuja
The splinter PDP made its feeling known in a statement signed and issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, in Abuja on Monday
Oyinlola, sequel to the ruling of the Court of Appeal, was to resume as the National Secretary of the Tukur faction of the party on Monday
Tukur said Anambra State people had given the state to the PDP at the inception of the current democratic era and urged the people of the state to return the state to the party
The use of anti-graft agencies to hound our members is no longer news. Timipre Sylva, the former Governor of Bayelsa State and Senator Bukola Saraki are two foremost examples
Tukur spoke at the empowerment programme of Senator Sahabi Ya’u, representing Zamfara North Senatorial District in Gusau on Sunday
The state Governor, elected on the platform of the PDP, Mallam Rabiu Kwankwaso, is opposed to the caretaker committee
In that regard, the nPDP, in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, said it has decided to convene a meeting to chart the way forward
Tukur and members of his NWC had gone to court to contest the existence of the Baraje faction, popularly known as the nPDP
The FCTA said that the Lodge was being used for political activities as the New PDP has moved its secretariat there following the sealing up, by the police, of its original secretariat
The faction in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, assured it members and Nigerians in general that “there is no cause to worry”
The governors, popularly known now as the G7, are at loggerheads with the President and the leadership of the PDP over the running of the party