Barring any last minute change of plan, the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, may be saying goodbye to his job tomorrow.
Impeccable sources told a national newspaper that one of the key positions to be adopted during the party’s elders’ meeting holding tomorrow is for Tukur to relinquish his position for peace to reign in the party.
The Friday’s meeting which was called by ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo to resolve the impasse in the party following the decision of former Vice- President Atiku Abubakar and six other governors to walk out of the PDP special convention would hold at Akwa Ibom Lodge in Asokoro, Abuja, in the morning.
At the meeting, the party’s elders will take a decision on Tukur.
“The consensus is that Tukur has to go for peace to return in PDP. So, we will agree on his fate. Surely, we will ask him to resign honourably from office. From there, we will ask the aggrieved governors and parties to return to PDP for further reconciliation,” one of the party’s elders said.
It was further learnt that after the meeting on Friday, the elders would proceed to the Presidential Villa to brief President Goodluck Jonathan on their decision to do away with Tukur.
“Tukur may heed the elders’ advice or fight back. If he bows to the decision of the elders, he is likely to officially resign today. If he refuses, an emergency meeting of the National Executive Council, NEC, the highest organ of the party, may be convoked next week to pass a resolution sacking him,” the source said.
