After much delay, a decision that caused a further escalation of the crisis in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, the Presidency has finally moved against the National Chairman, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur and has began a search for his replacement.
A reliable source confirmed that Tukur will finally be replaced on January 16 during the National Executive Council, NEC, meeting of the party, adding that his exit is now a foregone conclusion.’
The National Executive Council, NEC, meeting initially scheduled for January 8 was postponed to January 16 because the National Assembly was on recess, and most of its members, who would participate in the meeting, travelled for their vacation.
The sources said the party needed a new hand to pilot its affairs as it seemed that many party faithful were against the chairman, whose alleged imposition of his maternal cousin as a candidate for one of the elections in his home state, Adamawa, precipitated the crises that had been rocking PDP for over a year now.
The sources said the out-going Chairman may be replaced by Waliki Adamawa, Alhaji Hassan Adamu.
Earlier reports had it that the alleged resolve by majority of the governors of PDP to remove Tukur, forced the Presidency to suspend the meetings of BoT and NEC.
It also emerged that President Goodluck Jonathan wanted the party leadership to have more time to persuade warring Governor Babangida Aliyu of Niger State and his Jigawa State counterpart, Alhaji Sule Lamido, to return fully to PDP before the NEC meeting.
According to the sources, Jonathan, who is opposed to disgracing Tukur out of office, reportedly asked for the postponement of the two meetings to allow for peace to reign.
However, Secretary of PDP BoT, Senator Walid Jibrin, explained that the meetings were postponed for logistics reason and to enable members return from their Christmas and New Year break.
He said: “We actually want to have a full house during the meetings so that all party issues could be effectively discussed.”
Since the defection of governors Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara; Aliyu Wamakko of Sokoto; Musa Rabiu Kwankwaso of Kano; Murtala Nyako of Adamawa and Chibuike Amaechi of Rivers to APC, there had been pressure on Tukur to convene the NEC meeting where the problems of the party would be addressed against the backdrop that the last NEC was held before the August 31, 2013 Special National Convention of PDP.
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