NWC Members Shun Meeting Called By Tukur

Members of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday shunned an emergency meeting called by the party’s chairman, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur.

Only the National Secretary, Prof. Adewale Oladipo; the National Auditor, Adewole Adeyanju and the National Treasurer, Alhaji Bala Buhari joined the chairman at the meeting room.

With Tukur and only three of the 12-member NWC team in attendance, the meeting could not form a quorum.

Although other members of the NWC were at the party secretariat, they chose to remain in their various offices.

Apparently rattled by the action of the NWC members, Tukur stormed out of the meeting venue and headed straight to his official car in which he was driven out of the party secretariat at about 2pm.

The development may have signaled the withdrawal of support for Tukur by President Goodluck Jonathan who is the national leader of the PDP.

Insider sources told The Nationa on Monday that the absence of the Deputy National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus at the meeting was an ominous sign that the President may have ditched Tukur.

Secondus is seen as the eyes and ears of President Jonathan within the ranks of the leadership of the PDP.

The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Chief Olisa Metuh, who met reporters a few hours after Tukur left the party secretariat, avoided comments on the matter.

Asked to comment on the matter, Metuh feigned ignorance of the development, saying “I only came to felicitate with you (reporters) on the New Year. You all know that we just resumed from our end-of-year recess and I just decided to breeze in here to say Happy New Year to you all.”

Source: Legit.ng