Based on serious pressure from within
its ranks, the PDP on Monday lifted the suspension it placed on Sokoto
State Governor Aliyu Wamakko
Investigations showed that the
governors had indicated their readiness to fight Tukur because Wamakko’s
suspension was based on a “trivial” issue.
The NWC of the PDP had while
announcing the suspension of Wamakko, said it took the decision because of
alleged insubordination to Tukur and his office.
The NWC had earlier suspended the
Governor of Rivers State and Chairman of Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Mr.
Rotimi Amaechi, for refusing to reinstate a suspended Local Government
chairman and councillors in the state.
But the PDP governors whose chairman
is Akpabio, were said to have expressed anger over the gale of
suspensions in the party, particularly that of Wamakko.
Wamakko, while describing his
suspension as null and void, had called for the sack of Tukur and Gulak.
He had accused Tukur of running
the party as his personal estate.
The governors’ anger was said to
have made Jonathan to set up the Anyim-led committee to
look at the crises in the party.
While announcing the lifting of the
suspension on Wamakko, Tukur said, “Now this issue will never come
again. It is a great party, we believe in our nation. We need a party as a
platform to stand on, but based on unity, discipline and commitment.
“We are also going to have NEC meeting.
We have the support to rescind the suspension, which is a very important thing.
We rescind the suspension of our governor of Sokoto.
“With that, we are ready for further
business because NEC meeting is the requirement of our own party, always
to get in touch with the people to tell them of our programmes, like the state-
of -the nation and state of the party.
“So we are going to have our NEC
meeting on Thursday, June 20 by 12pm.
“NWC has rescinded the suspension of
the Sokoto state governor on the appeal of the PDP Governors’ Forum and
secondly the National Chairman is inviting the PDP statutory members to the
meeting of NEC.”
Also speaking at the briefing ,
Akpabio said that the presidential committee appealed to the NWC to lift
the suspension of Wamakko.
Akpabio added, “I want to thank
the national chairman of our party and other members of the working
committee for granting us the privilege of this meeting today (Monday).
“We came as a select committee of the
PDP to discuss the state of affairs of our great party, particularly the
relationship between the working committee and the PDP governors and I want to say
that we make a very strong appeal to the working committee on behalf of our
colleague, Governor Wamakko.”
On why Amaechi’s suspension was not
lifted, Akpabio said it was because of a case he (Amaechi) instituted
against the party.
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