Jonathan condemns Tukur

President Jonathan and Tukur

President Goodluck Jonathan has condemned the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party  (PDP, Alhaji Bamanga over the lingering crisis in the party.

For the first time, the president in  a  meeting  with Tukur  and  other members of the PDP National Working Committee at the presidential villa  in Abuja   openly disagrees with
Tukur's  administrative style  accursing him of ineptitude and not holding NWC meetings regularly

According to Staturday Punch, Jonathan was said to have pointedly accused Tukur of not working well with some organs of the party like the members of the National Executive Committee, Board of Trustees, governors and state party chairmen   across the states.
 

Three  other NWC members also openly spoke against Tukur’s leadership style. The three NWC members were the National Publicity Secretary of the Party, Chief Olisa Metuh; the National Woman Leader, Chief Kema Chikwe, and the National Financial Secretary, Elder Bolaji Akpan Anani.

Anani, a loyalist of Governor Akpabio, was alleged to be the arrowhead of those within the PDP NWC opposed to Tukur’s continued leadership of the party.

 

Tukur  in response also fired back accusing  some of the NWC members of being anti-Jonathan, alleging a gang up  against him.

 

5 PDP governors and 37 members of House of representative have defected to the main opposition party, All Progressive Congress APC.