After all the media frenzy generated by interest groups within the Peoples Democratic. Party, PDP, embattled National Chairman of the party, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, has reportedly resigned his position in the party.
Although the chairman is yet to make any pronouncement on this development, a news daily reports that a senior member of the party’s National Working Committee. Which has since been divided between the loyalists of the chairman and those rooting for his removal confirmed the his resignation on Wednesday and said President Goodluck Jonathan will inform the meeting of the National Caucus of the party tonight in Abuja about the development.
According to report, Tukur has escaped being suspended from the party by the members of the NWC if he had refused to resign.
Tukur was to be suspended by about eight members of the NWC, while the National Executive Committee of the party would ratify his suspension on Thursday.
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