PDP Suspends Bamanga Tukur, Gurin

Last updated: 2014/12/04 at 8:33 PM

starconnect Published 4 December 2014

December 4, 2014 – The National Working Committee(NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party has suspended former chairman of the party, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur and Aliyu Abuba Gurin for one month

The decision to suspend Tukur and Gurin was taken by the NWC at its 395th meeting held yesterday, December 3, 2014.

In a statement, National Legal Adviser of the party, Barr. Victor Kwon said 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)”, the party said.