After the allies painted the real dangers ahead for PDP to Jonathan, “The consensus is that Bamanga Tukur should no longer be the national chairman of the party.”
Among those at the meeting were the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator Pius Anyim; Chief of Staff to the President, Dr. Mike Oghiadomhe; Minister of Niger Delta, Mr. Godsday Orubebe; and Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom State.
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The meeting, it was gathered, was called to consider the unabated call for the removal of Tukur by governors from the party and other stakeholders.
According to Punch, Jonathan might have taken the decision to force Tukur out of the PDP after his meeting with the duo of Akpabio and the Governor of Delta State, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, earlier on Thursday.
At the meeting, both governors briefed Jonathan on what transpired at the meeting called by former president Olusegun Obasanjo with governors elected on the party’s platform.
At the meeting President Jonathan had with his allies, it was learnt that it was suggested that Tukur must not be disgraced out of office but given a soft-landing.
Several suggestions were made on how to get him out.
One of which was that he should be asked to resign like the other eight members of the National Working Committee, whose resignations were accepted by the National Executive Committee at its meeting held in Abuja on June 20.
But unlike others, whose resignations were based on the commission’s report, Tukur, who is 77 years old, might be asked to base his resignation on “old age.”
Baring any change in plan, Tukur might announce his decision to quit soon as the Presidency is said to have asked him to convene a NEC meeting where the final decision will be taken.
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