Monday, 20 May 2013
Tukur’s Son’s Ambition Tears PDP Apart
Bamanaga Tukur-Chair of PDP
By SaharaReporters, New York
Anwal Tukur, one of the sons of Bamanga Tukur, the national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, wants to be the next governor of Adamawa State – and his ambition is tearing the PDP apart, according to sources who spoke to SaharaReporters.
Last Wednesday, Bamanga Tukur arm-twisted the party’s National Working Committee to sack the party’s executive committee in his home state of Adamawa. A source in the Adamawa chapter of the PDP told SaharaReporters that the dissolution of the executive body was designed to clear the way for Anwal to coast to the party’s governorship ticket.
Olisa Metuh, the PDP’s national publicity secretary, announced the firing of the state executive at the conclusion of a meeting of the National Working Committee at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja on Wednesday.
The disbanded executive was headed by Minjiyawa Kugama, a close ally of Governor Murtala Nyako.
Mr. Metuh’s statement stated that the NWC “hereby dissolves the Adamawa State Executive Committee of the PDP.” He added that the action was “in exercise of Article 31, section 2(e) and 29, 2 (b) of the 2012 amended constitution of our party and consequent on repeated breaches of the constitution by the Adamawa State chapter.”
Article 31(2) (e) specifically empowers the NWC to, “where necessary, dissolve a state executive committee and appoint a caretaker committee to run the party until another executive committee is elected, provided that the period from the dissolution to the election of the new executive shall not to exceed 3 months.”
Mr. Metuh stated that the dissolved state committee had “flagrantly disregarded and shown serial disobedience to the decisions of the NWC.” He added that the NWC had advised the disbanded executive “to halt further steps towards the conduct of local government elections as agreed at a meeting of 9th October, 2012 between the NWC and the Adamawa State Working Committee. However, the EXCO did not only go ahead with the process, it submitted a list of candidates to the State Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) without the approval of the NWC.”
The PDP’s spokesman the state executive committee’s action violated the party’s constitution which empowers the National Executive Committee as “the final authority for the formulation of guidelines and regulations for the nomination of candidates for election into public offices at all levels and conveying same to INEC or any other authority to whom it may concern.”
The NWC also claimed that it had received “complaints and petitions from principal stakeholders of the party in Adamawa State on various unconstitutional acts of the dissolved State EXCO, especially the principle of zoning as enshrined in Article 7(3) (e) of the party constitution as well as several letters from INEC complaining of non-compliance with relevant laws in the conduct of the Adamawa State Congresses.”
Said Mr. Metuh: “The NWC finally noted that all entreaties to get the Adamawa State Working Committee to rescind and/ or reverse these constitutional breaches proved abortive.” He implored members of the party in Adamawa State “to remain calm and await further directives.”
Mr. Metuh then announced the constitution of a caretaker committee to manage the party’s affairs in the interim. The members are Umar Damagun (chairman), Eli Gamaliel, Dahiru Shehu, Sabo Mohammed, Grace Mamba, Altine Inuwa, Samuel Zadok, Adamu Wazirin Paka, and Emmanuel Tsamdu (secretary). The committee was immediately sworn in by the party.
But a member of the disbanded executive told SaharaReporters that the party’s moves were questionable and illegal. “How was the party able to arrange these men and women from Adamawa State, if the decision had not been taken before the NWC meeting?”
Other disaffected members of the party accused Mr. Bamanga Tukur of seeking to smuggle his son into the state’s Government House. “Dr. Bamanga Tukur wants his son to succeed Governor Nyako, but he knows he and his son are unpopular,” said one of our sources, a party leader close to the current governor.
Governor Nyako had worked against Mr. Tukur’s chairmanship ambition, but President Goodluck Jonathan went ahead to impose Mr. Tukur as the chair. One of the politicians in the state stated that Mr. Nyako, a retired naval admiral, was ready to take on Mr. Tukur and his son. The source accused the PDP’s national chairman of planning to plant his stooges as chairmen of the various local governments in the state.
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Those tribalists should shut
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on October 20, 2012 - 08:26.
Those tribalists should shut up. As long as you come willingly to rig and support rigging of the PDP then you would never see development.Therefore stop tribalism and vote only for credible candidates. some of you supported Jonathan.
s rigging out of blind religious sentiments and what have you achieved; No electricity, no jobs, no gas supply, fuel price hike, floods( Jonathan only visited Adamawa as after thought),Threat of Boko Haram and Cult killings in Mubi. My advice to the tribalists and religious hypocrites is to be rational in choice of Candidates.Marwa and Buhari contested and you rejected them, you collected money from PDP and now whinging.
correction
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on October 19, 2012 - 19:34.
None of his sons was a senator.
Sabi Sabin- you are right
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on October 19, 2012 - 18:45.
Adamawa State has been hijacked by fulani's' but certainly not a Fulani State. Governor Yakos didn't even contest primaries before been rigged into office as Governor. If there was credible primaries in Adamawa State, Chief Joel Madaki (former Adamawa State PDP) would have emerged as the PDP candidate and subsequently the Governor.
Likewise the just concluded election was won by Markus Gunduri of (ACN) before PDP rigged him out and gave it to Murtalla Yakos. In order to boost Fulani population in Adamawa State, Governor Yakos has been embarking on resettling Nigeriens, Chadians and Cameroonians of Fulani extraction in Adamawa State since his assumption in office. Their sole plan is to make Adamawa a Fulani headquarters by hook or crook.
So Governor Yakos has been thriving on the plate form of illegitimacy and Bamanga now want to use a 'pseudo truth' to wrist power and State machinery from Yakos to his Family. That is the summary of the events happening in Adamawa State now.
And the worst is that Bamanga
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on October 19, 2012 - 17:20.
And the worst is that Bamanga Tukur married a fetish Ijaw prostitute from Rivers by the name of Florence! She has been a prostitute in Abuja and Lagos for the last 40 years.. She was the cause of Daura's death... The man Bamanga Tukur is demented
BAMANGA TUKUR WOULD MEET HIS WATERLOO.
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on October 19, 2012 - 14:46.
Bamanga tukur and his son has nothing to offer Adamawa people, just take a look Bamanga was the president of african business round table but i put it to him he doesnt have even bread making or common block moulding industries in the state, how many people has he empowered in the state, does he think we are running a monachy system in the state, we are waiting for him and his son they would meet there waterloo and disgrace of there life. a word is enought for the wise. Adamawa people shine your eye.
Regards.
The consequences of rigging!
Submitted by Danboyi Gomsuk (not verified) on October 19, 2012 - 12:36.
If there should be true elections in Nigeria, devoid of rigging, nobody would have cared what Bamanga Tukur does to smuggle his son into the seat of Adamawa Govt. House. This is because people would just vote somebody else from another party, thus leaving the PDP in the lurch. I advise the people of Adamawa to anoint someone else from another party and give such a person mass and block support and guard their votes diligently during the election.
Tukur’s Son’s Ambition Tears PDP Apart
Submitted by Clay (not verified) on October 19, 2012 - 12:31.
This is the reason no PDP governor want the national chairman to come from his state bearing in mind what happened in Enugu. Now their fears has come to pass. The reason they picked up the caretaker committee members ahead was to forestall the state executive from going to court to install restraining injuction against NWC. Smart game I think. I know Nyako will fight to finish because this is about his political life. Tukur's son must not get the gobernatorial ticket for 2015 because i can see Adamawa PDP being torn apart and PDP and Jonathan will be the loser. I can see Nyako rallying the NE governors against PDP and Jonathan in 2015. I see Nyako, Jubril Aminu, Maruwa and other opposition big shots drawing battle line against Tukur and his son in 2015.
We must chop everything
Submitted by wonderAde (not verified) on October 19, 2012 - 12:08.
What a calculative step? One son will chop from oil scam.Then use the proceeds to install another who will finish the state treasury by being governor. Na common sense.
Bamanga Tukur's Son
Submitted by Udava (not verified) on October 19, 2012 - 11:55.
Bamanga Tukur used to be a fine business gentleman respected by all and sundry in the business world, until his decision to join the Peoples Democratic Party, a party every Nigerian knows habours the worst criminals in the world. Having said this, this is the begining of the free fall of a man who has worked so hard in his life to build a reputation he choses to mess up. He is no longer the role model and business mogul so many admires and adhores, but rather a wolf in a sheep's clothing. Whether he likes it or not, one day the PDP will be hijacked and radicalized by young and sound minds and the enemies within will be fished out and punished, its just a matter of time, long live the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
I am surprised that people
Submitted by Benbella (not verified) on October 19, 2012 - 10:48.
I am surprised that people just start talking bs just because sahara reporters have written what they have been paid to write. I dont know Bamanga Tukur nor his sons but what I know is that before he became pdp chairman, one of his sons was a senator and also one of his sons has been in the house of reps so if his son now wants to contest for governorship why make it seem like its because he is now pdp chairman? what we should clamour for is a free and fair election. When George Bush senior was presdident of America, two of his sons were governors (florida and texas). The problem with sahara reporters is that they are too deep into gutter journalism that they are just after writing negative about anyone that they dont like or they think (real or imaginary) is close to Jonathan, obasanjo or any other person that have not given them money like Tinubu.
Oil Subsidy Thief Son
Submitted by Igbiki (not verified) on October 19, 2012 - 09:56.
Is this the oil subsidy scammer son or a different son altogether?
Major Zodd- na you be mums
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on October 19, 2012 - 08:30.
I am an indigene of Yola South Local Government of Adamawa State. Adamawa is not a Fulani State! Adamawa is made up of over 100 different tribes. Fulani is just one of those tribes and constitute less than 25% of Adamawa population. So Mr Major Zodd or whatever you call yourself, na you be real mumu, making statistic commend without statistical data to back your claim. Ignoramus fulk.
It is really important to
Submitted by Sir Mira (not verified) on October 19, 2012 - 06:55.
It is really important to comment on this matter without sentiment. PDP dissolved the Adamawa Exco based on constitutional breaches one of which is that the governor and state party chairman cannot be from the same local government and ward. This was the case with the Nyako Administration. How then do you expect fair representation for the people?
At the same time, who says Awwal Tukur cannot have his ambition? It is a well known fact that Obasanjo instilled Nyako as governor without him even going for primaries, so in essence he was given this role on a platter of gold. If you don't work for something then you easily abuse it. The whole of Adamawa knows how Awwal Tukur worked to ensure Nyako's success during elections . I am waiting for someone to deny this claim. People should not be villified because they have ambition or because they are the son of so and so.
Greater beats are now
Submitted by Dili (not verified) on October 19, 2012 - 06:49.
Greater beats are now planting their beasts sons to continue to rule over the ordinary beasts.
Many of those parading the street of Nigeria are beasts that belong to the evil forest, four young lives wasted and greater beasts are collecting National award every year for creating a kingdom populated by beasts.
reply to firing squad
Submitted by saeed (not verified) on October 19, 2012 - 06:48.
My brother these people are vampires. Am equally tired of this arrogant Tukur's family. This same tukur have not cleared himself off the subsidy scandal. Tukur again for Govt. I trust Murtala Nyako, I always believe in what he can do. Tukurs are bunch of failures as far as Adamawa state is concern.
Re Tukur son
Submitted by Mohammed Tafida (not verified) on October 19, 2012 - 06:34.
Sahara reporters , it has become obvious that you people practice junk journalism , or you just write anything just for writing sake, this is what only hungry journalist can write, you never for once bother to check records before reporting, Awwal Tukur was elected member of house representative in 1999 and also a candidate for PDP in it's primary elections for the governorship seat nin 2003 and also 2007. Was his father PDP chairman then? or is there anywhere in our constitution which says if your father is the party chairman your not eligible in contest any election even if you are qualify? Some Nigerians are wonderful when it comes to comments ,in the US when George bush jr was president his brother jeb was governor of the state Florida ,Americans never says is wrong.
Nigeria isn't a Country. It's a Continent. Break up now!
Submitted by akpos1 (not verified) on October 19, 2012 - 05:54.
They are all fighting for the oil from my South South. It will all end when Great Jonv completes his eight years.
Nigeria isn't a Country. It's a Continent. Break up now!
Hon Awwal D Tukur was on his
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on October 19, 2012 - 05:23.
Hon Awwal D Tukur was on his way to winning the PDP gubernatorial primaries in Adamawa before Nyako was smuggled in by Obasanjo and Sen Aminu. Please get your facts right and stop being used for propaganda in local politics. Being PDP candidate does not guarantee anybody the government house.
The boy is already a governor
Submitted by Netanyahu (not verified) on October 19, 2012 - 02:44.
The boy is already a governor elect. No be pdp? No be dumbo jona and jega still dey in charge? No be Nigeria we dey? In saner climes, this bull called tukur would have resigned as party chairman when his son was implicated in the fuel subsidy scam. Did ahmadu Ali not smuggle his wife to the senate when he was so-called pdp chairman? Nigerians can see how mumu we are? The so-called nigerian elit does not care about religion or tribe when he is in position of authority. He steals and corners every opportunity for himself, family and cronies. Once out of favor and office, he will resort to religious and ethnic propaganda. This is a useless country. Bamanga Tukur, i beg carry go o jare! Na your god butter your bread.
candidacy of tucker,s Son.
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on October 18, 2012 - 23:06.
what is the faith of B.J. Ngilari, the ever loyal deputy Governor ? Tukur should think twice, the people of Adamawa state will definitely disappoint and disgrace the chairman of PDP .
Firing Squad tins
Submitted by flat nosed GEJ (not verified) on October 18, 2012 - 22:40.
Honestly the answer to all of these is to line these idiots up and execute them else there is no future for this country... What morals does Tukur have to. Allow his son come run for governorship? Are we running a monarchy???? Firing squad is just d answer and Nigerians are treating this matter with levity... Its year children future that's being eaten away...
Guy na u be real mumu,Adamawa
Submitted by Major zodd (not verified) on October 18, 2012 - 22:38.
Guy na u be real mumu,Adamawa is fulani state
IT IS NOW GLARING THAT PDP IS
Submitted by OGBENI NAIJA (not verified) on October 18, 2012 - 22:22.
IT IS NOW GLARING THAT PDP IS MADE UP OF THIEVES, A SON OF A THIEF WHO IS ALSO A THIEF WANT TO RULE. HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!
why should a candidate for a
Submitted by sabi sabi (not verified) on October 18, 2012 - 22:04.
why should a candidate for a state governorship elections tear the PDP apart? Tukur is Fulani but Adamawa state, is not made up of only Fulanis. PDP is not owned by Fullanis either! Tribalism abi? Nan u sabi
