Governor of Sokoto State, Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko has been given the all clear sign to leave the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, if he wants to but until then, he must align himself with discipline, national chairman of the party Bamanga Tukur said.
Tukur, who spoke through his special assistant on media, Prince Oliver Okpala last night, was reacting to comments credited to Wamakko over his suspension.
“If he (Wamakko) has any agenda to leave the PDP, it is within his constitutional right and he is free, but as long as he remains within the party, he must align himself with discipline,” he said.
“He should not stay in the party and be encouraging insubordination and indiscipline. The leadership of the party under Bamanga has regards for party discipline and will never waver.
“Therefore, for him to say Tukur is a political prostitute, does that portray him as a true son? He should express a true sense of respect and discipline because of his position as a governor,” the party chairman said.
“When he insults an elderly man like Tukur because he is a governor, then we don’t think he has the moral fibre to remain in office because as a governor he should live by example.
“The example he is showing now does not portray him as someone who has respect for seniority and properly constituted authority like the position of chairman of PDP and the NWC,” Opkala said.
On Speaker Aminu Tambuwal, Opkala said: “The Speaker has the right to support his governor but as a party man, he should toe the line of political discipline and comportment.
“Bamanga as a father will always look after his children who are party members and be able to caution them and bring them to order whenever they engage in acts that are subversive to the corporate existence and image of the PDP as a political entity and the largest political movement in Africa.”
