PDP Crisis: Tukur Takes Battle To U.S, Says Tambuwal, G-7 Govs Call For His Resignation Is Stupid And Selfish

Bamanga-Tukur2The path to peace in the crisis-ridden Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, is still a long and tortuous one as the major actors in the political impasse have refused to sheathe their swords by making remarks that run contrary to the terms of a ceasefire agreement reached on the night of Sunday, September 15, 2013.

The latest breach to the terms of agreement comes from the embattled national chairman of the PDP, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, who took shots at the seven aggrieved PDP governors and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal.

While Tukur berated Speaker Tambuwal for his comment that the ruling party would find it difficult to win the 2015 general elections without the support of the G-7 governors, who had gone to form another faction of the party, the governors came under the national chairman’s tongue lash for being selfish politicians, who want to use the crisis to achieve personal gains.

Tukur reacted to Tambuwal’s address to the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington, DC, United States of America about a fortnight ago, that it had been one problem after the other in the PDP since Tukur’s assumption of office as the party’s national chairman.

The Speaker also stated in his address that it would be hard for the ruling party to record any success in the forthcoming 2015 general elections in the country if its leadership failed to find a way of bringing back into the fold, the G-7 governors that broke away at the party’s mini-convention last month.

But the embattled chairman while speaking with reporters in New York on Monday faulted Tambuwal’s comments, adding that he was sure that PDP would have an edge over the opposition with or without the G-7 governors.

Vowing that he would not be distracted by the comments from the Speaker, Tukur, who is in the US for his annual African Business Roundtable (ABR), said that Tambuwal should be asked what he (Tukur) had done wrong to be persuaded to resign.

“I want to say it to all Nigerians that I am not a problem to my party. Yes, I am not a problem to PDP, but if Tambuwal thinks that I am a problem to our great party, ask him to tell me what I have done wrong to warrant his comments about me. I challenge him to come out openly and mention one single thing that I have done to show that I am the problem that will make the party fail in 2015,” he said.

“I am not going to resign because I was elected and given the mandate as national chairman of our great party by our members. I am not going to bother myself about the stupid calls for my resignation. The mandate that I have now is to reconcile our people; my mandate is to take our party to greater height; my mandate is also to build Nigeria”, he maintained.

On the factionalization of the party, Tukur said that there was nothing like factional PDP, as there remained only one PDP recognised by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Nigerian citizens. He added that any other group that parades itself as PDP was committing a criminal offence.

On the various demands by the G-7 governors as a condition for peace to return to the party, Tukur said that such demands are selfish and not in the good interest of Nigeria and Nigerians.

He said, “What issues have the G-7 governors raised and why are they telling the president to ask the EFCC not to investigate them again? Anybody that has issues with the EFCC should be investigated, and nobody should try to cover his/her evil deeds under the pretence of giving any conditions for making peace in the party. Whoever that has any corruption case among them should allow the security agents do their job by doing proper investigations.

“They are also saying that my resignation is one of the factors that can bring peace back into the party, but I stand to reject that. My resignation should not be the demand of the seven aggrieved governors.”

-LEADERSHIP

2 COMMENTS

  1. The decision we make today determines our tomorrow. The actions or inactions of a man will either be regretted or appreciated. Some people who SAW while others were LOOKING sought for money to purchase some plots of land at the present Lekki Penninsula when a plot of land in that arear was sold for as low as between N500,000 and N1m; are reaping the benefits now that its sold for as high as N130m per plot. Some heard of it then and ignored it or never believed such an area could develop, bringing about drastic appreciation of properties in the area. Lekki Free Trade Zone, The New International Airport, The Deep Seaport (which will be the second in Africa after that in South Africa), The Lagos Industrial site, Eleganza Industrial site, The Permanent site of PAN Africa University and many more developmental projects are springing up in Epe, Ibeju Lekki and their axis. Blue Chip Companies are now acquiring hecters of land in that area. Just for the ones that have foresight and will take action while others may ignor PWAN HOMES LTD is now selling Estate Lands for as low as between N330,000 and N1.5m at Ajah, Ibeju Lekki and their environs. Promo is currently on for limited time. Some of these lands are with title such as C of O, Global C of O while some are awaiting title. Omo onile problem have been wiped off. For more information, site visitation and to pick up your own plots call Abayomi on 08179517872 or 08065415971. EVERY OTHER ASSETS DEPRECIATE, WHILE LAND APPRECIATE. INVEST WISELY TODAY TO APPRECIATE YOUR DECISION TOMORROW