PDP suspends BamangaTukur

National leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday said it has suspended its former national chairman Alhaji Bamanga Tukur. This was the outcome of the 395th meeting of the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) held on December 3, 2014 in Abuja. A statement by the party’s national legal adviser, Victor Kwon said Tukur […]

National leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday said it has suspended its former national chairman Alhaji Bamanga Tukur.

This was the outcome of the 395th meeting of the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) held on December 3, 2014 in Abuja.

A statement by the party’s national legal adviser, Victor Kwon said Tukur has been suspended for one month in the first instance for attempting to stop the party’s national convention slated for December 10 and 11, 2014 in the law court.

“The NWC reasoned that for instituting a claim and counter claim in suit FHC/ABJ /821/2014; Gurin vs PDP & 3 others without first exploring and exhausting the party’s internal mechanism of redress and for attempting to stop the forthcoming National Convention to nominate the party’s presidential candidate as well as regularize the position of the national chairman and other members of the National Working Committee is unacceptable.



“The NWC hereby suspends Dr. Bamanga Tukur and Aliyu Abuba Gurin for one 
month and refers them to the National Disciplinary Committee for  infringing on section 58(1)(a)( b)( h)( l) of the PDP Constitution 2012( as amended),” the party said.