Consultation : Tukur urges Wamakko , Lamido, others to brief PDP

THE National Chairman of the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) , Alhaji Bamanga
Tukur , has urged the five northern
governors currently consulting with
former Nigerian leaders on the state of
the nation to brief the leadership of the
party at the end of their consultations.
Addressing reporters at the party’ s
national secretariat yesterday in Abuja,
Tukur said the PDP was waiting for the
governors to conclude their
consultations , adding that they would be
expected to brief the party.
Apparently worried by the divisions in
the Nigerian Governors Forum ( NGF)
and the political crisis in Rivers State ,
Governors Babangida Aliyu ( Niger),
Murtala Nyako ( Adamawa), Aliyu
Wamakko ( Sokoto ), Sule Lamido ( Jigawa)
and Rabiu Kwankwaso ( Kano ) have been
consulting former leaders for solutions.
Some of the former leaders consulted by
the governors include Chief Olusegun
Obasanjo , Gen . Ibrahim Babangida and
Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar. They have
also held talks with former Vice
President Alex Ekwueme and former
Defence Minister , Gen. Theophilus
Danjuma.
Restating efforts by the PDP leadership
to reconcile aggrieved members across
the country, Tukur advised aggrieved
members to comply with the party’ s
guidelines in their approach to conflict
resolution .
He said : “ In the recent past, the media
have been awash with accusations and
counter -accusations from some of our
party members. As much as we as a
party respect the constitutional right of
individuals to public opinions ,
movement and association , such
exercise should be done with some
element of civility and in keeping with
the norms of the society, the party’s
constitution and guidelines .
“ It is advisable that party faithful , who
are aggrieved, should use the party’s
internal resolution platform. That is , the
party’ s reconciliation committee or the
leadership of the party.”