PDP Suspends Bamanga Tukur over Lawsuit against Muazu
The former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur has been suspended by the party after filing a lawsuit against the party and its National Chairman, Alhaji Adamu Muazu, over his former office as chairman of the party.
The party’s leadership made the decision to suspend Tukur at the meeting of the National Working Committee, (NWC), on and announced the development in a statement by the PDP National Legal Adviser, Mr. Victor Kwon.
They said: “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).”
Tukur was elected as the National Chairman of the party in March 2012 but resigned January 2014, and was replaced by Adamu Muazu.
