PDP governors offer a 'soft landing' option for Bamanga Tukur.

The governors met in Abuja in the late hours of December 13, 2013, Friday. The meeting was aimed at preparing their final position which they would table before President Goodluck Jonathan.

Accoring to The Punch, the governors had made up their minds that

While others said Adamawa State should be allowed to provide his replacement, others were said to have preferred that his replacement should come for either Borno or Yobo states.

One of sources at the meeting said the governors would prefer Tukur’s replacement to come from states being run by the opposition.

All the states, including Adamawa, Borno and Yobe are in the North-East, where the position of national chairman is zoned to.

“We have agreed that the man must leave office. That is unanimous and one of the governors, who was at the meeting, disclosed this to reporters in Abuja.

He said the recommendation was aimed at giving Tukur what he called “soft landing”, adding that if this was not done, the fortune of the party would continue to dwindle ahead of 2015 general election.

It would be recalled that Tukur has recently vowed not to resign from his position. The former governor of old Gongola State was at the State House to confer with the President on the crisis rocking the party on Wednesday, where he told reporters that there was no basis for him to resign. 

Source: Legit.ng