PDP suspends its former chairman, Bamanga Tukur

The National Working Committee of the PDP has
suspended its immediate past Chairman, Alhaji
Bamanga Tukur. According to a statement
released this afternoon, Alhaji Tukur was
suspended for taking the party to court without
'exhausting the internal redress avenues'.
Mr Tukur had recently dragged the party and its
current chairman Adamu Mu'azu to court,
asking the court to declare his resignation as
the party chairman in January null and void.
Find the statement after the cut...
The National Working Committee of the Peoples
Democratic (PDP) at its 395th meeting held
yesterday, December 3, 2014 reviewed recent
national developments as they affect the party.
Among others, the NWC deliberated on the
court case instituted against the National
Chairman of the Party, Ahmed Adamu Mu'azu
by the former National Chairman, Dr. Bamanga
Tukur. The NWC reasoned that for instituting a
claim and counter claim in suit FHC/
ABJ /821/2014; Gurin vs PDP & 3 others without
first exploring and exhausting the party's
internal mechanism of redress and for
attempting to stop the forthcoming National
Convention to nominate the party's presidential
candidate as well as regularize the position of
the National Chairman and other members of
the National Working Committee is
unacceptable.
The NWC hereby suspends Dr. Bamanga Tukur
and Aliyu Abuba Gurin for one month and refers
them to the National Disciplinary Committee for
infringing on section 58(1)(a)( b)( h)( l) of the
PDP Constitution 2012( as amended)
Barr. Victor Kwon
National Legal Adviser

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