BEVERLY HILLS, December 04, (THEWILL) – The National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic (PDP) has suspended a former National Chairman of the party, Dr. Bamanga Tukur and Mr. Aliyu Abuba Gurin, over a lawsuit they instituted seeking to oust current National Chairman of the party, Dr. Adamu Mu’azu from office.
The PDP in a statement Thursday said, “the NWC at its 395th meeting held Wednesday, December 3, 2014 reviewed recent national developments as they affect the party.
“Among others, the NWC deliberated on the court case instituted against the National Chairman of the Party, Ahmed Adamu Mu’azu by the former National Chairman, Dr. Bamanga Tukur.”
The statement signed by the party’s National Legal Adviser, Barrister Victor Kwon, further said, “The NWC reasoned that for instituting a claim and counter claim in suit FHC/ABJ /821/2014; Gurin vs PDP & 3 others without first exploring and exhausting the party’s internal mechanism of redress and for attempting to stop the forthcoming National Convention to nominate the party’s presidential candidate as well as regularize the position of the National Chairman and other members of the National Working Committee is unacceptable.
“The NWC hereby suspends Dr. Bamanga Tukur and Aliyu Abuba Gurin for one month and refers them to the National Disciplinary Committee for infringing on section 58(1)(a)( b)( h)( l) of the PDP Constitution 2012 (as amended).”
