Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
National Chairman Bamanga Tukur is shocked at the defection of five governors
to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
To Tukur, the governors went too far
by defecting from a ruling party into the opposition camp, saying that the door
of negotiation and dialogue was still open to the defectors.
Governors Rotimi Amaechi (Rivers),
Musa Kwankwaso (Kano), Aliyu Wamakko (Sokoto) Abdulfatah Ahmed (Kwara) and
Murtala Nyako (Adamawa), alongside members of the Abubakar Baraje faction of
the PDP, defected to the APC on Tuesday.
A statement yesterday by his media
aide said Tukur, who is on a visit to China, had been in touch with the
Presidency and party leaders on the development.
The statement quoted Tukur as saying
that the development was normal in a democracy as, according to him, the party
leadership would always come together to salvage the party.
Tukur said: “There is always a limit
to demonstration of anger. If anger can cause you to pack all your bags and
load and then move into the home of your arch opponents, that, to me, is an
anger so misdirected and it is unfortunate.
“We cannot ask anyone not to leave
the party if he so decided. After all, soldiers go, soldiers come. If anyone
leaves the PDP, many more people will join. It happens every time.
“All the same, I seize this
opportunity to say to others who want to remain to stay back and join the
process of re-building and reforming the PDP.”
Tukur urged willing members of the
G7 and other aggrieved members of the PDP to return to the “mainstream” party.
He assured that the PDP would always be ready receive returnees back into the
fold.
“What we are saying is; let us come
together as a party to promote the transformation agenda of President Goodluck
Jonathan who we elected to lead us in Nigeria.
“Let us put behind us crises and
bickering so that the President and leaders of the party could concentrate on
governance and delivery of the dividends of democracy to all.”
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As if he is not comfortable with it, pretenders.
ReplyDeleteIf one don't live position hw can another get so is still disame . Our eyes are open we are looking at event
ReplyDeleteTukur u are a pretender,keep pushing Jonathan o soon u will know dat notin is permanent,it is only God dat is permanent n he decides events to happen,after d election of d 2015 ur eyes will be open
ReplyDeleteWhy is he shocked? Isn't he the one who not only created the problems, but did everything to frustrate and rubbish the G7 group. And becos he was going to expel them from PDP today informed the preemptive defection to APC. I would have done the same if I were in their shoes. It was a smart move. I think it was better to leave before the sack.
ReplyDeleteMr Tukur who is coming to PDP more people will go, Jonathan is not ransforming anything apart from taking Ogogoro. More Governors are going
ReplyDeleteTukur A.K.A mr.pretender,u go soon join APC;then JONA eye go come clear..Jonathan,Tukur dey happy oooooooooooh but u nor go know.
ReplyDeleteAnonymous 11am I don't haf to reply u cause am too happy 4 those dat comment after u it shows dat our people are not scared of saying d truth d way it is
ReplyDeleteThe way it is going, Tukur will soon jump ship to join the nPDP/APC family becos very soon, his ship will sink.
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