PDP Suspends Former Chairman, Bamanga Tukur

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has suspended its former National Chairman, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur for dragging his successor, Alhaji Ahmad Adamu Mu'azu to court without first exhausting the internal avenues of seeking redress. Tukur had filed a suit challenging his removal as the National Chairman of the party. Tukur's suspension was announced via a statement signed by the party's National Legal Adviser, Barrister Victor Kwon.

 It was contained in the statement that "The National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic (PDP) at its 395th meeting held yesterday, December 3, 2014 reviewed recent national developments as they affect the party. ... Among others, the NWC deliberated on the court case instituted against the National Chairman of the Party, Ahmed Adamu Mu'azu by the former National Chairman, Dr. Bamanga Tukur. 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)"