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Three
of the northern governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
yesterday met with the national chairman of the party, Alhaji Bamanga
Tukur in Abuja over the crisis within the party.
The governors that met with Tukur include Rabiu Kwankwaso of Kano, Sule Lamido of Jigawa, and Aliyu Wamako of Sokoto. Governors Babangida Aliyu of Niger state and Murtala Nyako of Adamawa State were not at the meeting.
LEADERSHIP gathered that the delegation of governors had gone to confront Tukur over the way he was running the party.
The governors had among other things complained about the interference of the national chairman in the affairs of the party in the states.
They have also decried crisis in Rivers State, and the plight of the governor Rotimi Amaechi.
They have also called for the removal of Tukur as a panacea to the crisis in the party.
The meeting between the three northern governors and Tukur came barely hours after a series of meetings involving former president Olusegun Obasanjo, Jonathan and PDP governors at the presidential villa.
The northern governors have visited former presidents and elder statements over the political situation in the country.
LEADERSHIP, however, gathered from a presidency source that the meeting was at the instance of the President, who had instructed the national chairman of the party to reconcile with the northern governors.
Another source however confirmed to Leadership that Tukur invited the governors over for the meeting.
But a statement by Tukur's aide, Oliver Okpala, yesterday said the governors apologised on behalf of the other governors notable, Adamawa and Niger state governors.
He said the meeting which lasted several hours, "and it was resolved that they have returned to the leadership of the party and that all that happened in the past which involved grievances, accusations and counter accusations were done because of gap in communication amidst disinformation from some quarters between them and the leadership of the party."
The governors that met with Tukur include Rabiu Kwankwaso of Kano, Sule Lamido of Jigawa, and Aliyu Wamako of Sokoto. Governors Babangida Aliyu of Niger state and Murtala Nyako of Adamawa State were not at the meeting.
LEADERSHIP gathered that the delegation of governors had gone to confront Tukur over the way he was running the party.
The governors had among other things complained about the interference of the national chairman in the affairs of the party in the states.
They have also decried crisis in Rivers State, and the plight of the governor Rotimi Amaechi.
They have also called for the removal of Tukur as a panacea to the crisis in the party.
The meeting between the three northern governors and Tukur came barely hours after a series of meetings involving former president Olusegun Obasanjo, Jonathan and PDP governors at the presidential villa.
The northern governors have visited former presidents and elder statements over the political situation in the country.
LEADERSHIP, however, gathered from a presidency source that the meeting was at the instance of the President, who had instructed the national chairman of the party to reconcile with the northern governors.
Another source however confirmed to Leadership that Tukur invited the governors over for the meeting.
But a statement by Tukur's aide, Oliver Okpala, yesterday said the governors apologised on behalf of the other governors notable, Adamawa and Niger state governors.
He said the meeting which lasted several hours, "and it was resolved that they have returned to the leadership of the party and that all that happened in the past which involved grievances, accusations and counter accusations were done because of gap in communication amidst disinformation from some quarters between them and the leadership of the party."
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