Embattled National
Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party,
Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, has resigned.
A senior member of the
divided National Working Committee of the party, who spoke with
our correspondent in Abuja on Wednesday, said President Goodluck Jonathan will
inform the meeting of the National Caucus of the party tonight in Abuja about
the development.
With the resignation,
Tukur has escaped being suspended from the party by the members of the NWC if
he had refused to resign.
Tukur was to be suspended
by about eight members of the NWC, while the National Executive Committee of the
party would ratify his suspension on Thursday.
Meanwhile, the wife of the
President, Mrs. Patience Jonathan is said to be scheming to install Tukur’s
successor.
The First Lady is said to be rooting for the appointment of the Minister of Transport, Sen.
Idris Umar.
His ministry is said to be
under indirect supervision of the
First Lady.
Source: Punch
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