Tukur Dares PDP Govs Says Jonathan’s Support Is Key

BOT-GOODLUCK-AND-TUKUR3National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Bamangar Tukur has told governors on the platform of the party that he had no apology for his actions even as the purported row between the national leadership of the ruling party and its governors deepens.

Tukur’s new found confidence is said to be hinged on the tacit support of President Goodluck Jonathan whom the national chairman said was behind all the decisions he had taken, including the ones rankling the governors who were said to have insisted that for peace to reign, Tukur-Must-Go.

Tukur, who is in London attending to his health, sent word home on Tuesday that he has ‘no apology for doing good to PDP.’

In his words: “We want every member to see the party as his or her own and as a party that bestows pride on all. Many people would not like such. In that case, I have no apology for doing good to PDP”.

Tukur said those conspiring against him had nothing on him as every decision he took as chairman of the PDP had the backing of President Jonathan.

He said, “I appreciate Mr. President who has been a major pillar of support for the PDP. The President had endorsed every action we took with conviction that they were all in the good interest of the PDP. The governors have been supportive too. We have been in touch and they keep on assuring me of their support.

“While I take care of my health, I urge party members to continue to support NWC in its drive towards re-launching PDP into a more formidable structure capable of winning and winning elections without stress”.