As the debate on whether or not to remove the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, continued, PDP governors met in Abuja on Thursday to further deliberate on the matter.
In an apparent reference to the meeting, Tukur has appealed to the members
of the party, especially the governors, to eschew bitterness and embrace
forgiveness.
Investigations in Abuja on Wednesday showed that the meeting by the governor
would discuss how to deal with the numerous crises affecting the PDP and how to
tackle them, especially with the challenge coming from the major opposition
party, the All Progressives Congress ahead of the 2015 elections.
A source close to the party’s top hierarchy told our correspondent
that the governors would want to handle the issue of whether to remove Tukur or
not once and for all.
He said, “The meeting by the governors would decide whether to remove Tukur
or not and those likely to succeed him. The governors are not happy with
the runnings of the party at all.”
Meanwhile, Tukur in a statement by his Special Assistant on Media, Mr.
Oliver Okpala, has appealed to members of the party to learn to live together
in peace.
He said this in his message to Nigerians as they prepare for the celebration
of Christmas and New Year festivities.
He said, “While wishing Nigerians, particularly Christians the best of the
Christmas festivities and prosperous New Year, may I utilise this opportunity
to stress the urgent need for Nigerians to use this period to seek the face and
intervention of God in institutionalising brotherly care and peace both in our
polity and dear country Nigeria.
“I call on all Nigerians irrespective of tribe, religion or ethnic
affiliation to henceforth see their fellow Nigerians as their brothers and
sisters belonging to one corporate entity known as Nigeria.
“I further entreat Nigerians to eschew bitterness, rancour and acrimony in
their social, political and economic dealings with fellow Nigerians.”
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