The Peoples Democratic Party,PDP has suspended its former national chairman,Dr Bamanga Tukur from the party.Also suspended along with him is Aliyu Abuba Gurin.A statement by Barr. Victor Kwon ,national legal adviser of PDP said the suspension is for one month.But the statement also announced that their case has been referred the party’s national disciplinary committee.
A statement announcing the suspension said ,“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)
PDP national legal adviser stated “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 party’s hammer on Tukur is clearly an amazing twist of fate as his tenure as national chairman witnessed the strange suspension of state governors like Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State and Aliyu Wamakko of Sokoto.
Though PDP reversed the suspension of Wamakko, Amaechi remained officially suspended until he along with other G5 governors defected to opposition All Progressives Congress,APC.
Tukur was ousted and replaced by Muazu as the crisis in the party lingered.
