NIGERIA (Abuja) – The crises in the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), deepens yesterday following a report that the National Working Committee on the party has passed a vote of no confidence on the National Chairman of the party, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur.

This was disclosed at a meeting which the NWC had with the President yesterday night, where he was told that the party is being run as a one man business by Tukur.

They also accused the embattled Chairman of turning his private residence to the party’s secretariat, particularly his action to disband the Sokoto and Kwara State executive councils without the knowledge of those that matters in the party.

It was revealed that at the meeting, Tukur was asked to point at any major achievement recorded by the NWC since it came on board in March 2012.
Meanwhile, Tukur was quoted as saying members were fighting him simply because of 2015 and President Jonathan’s ambition.

According to source, Jonathan, having heard what was said about Tukur, pleaded with NWC members to be calm as the issues would be looked into next week at the Board of Trustees, BoT, and National Caucus meetings which would dovetail into the National Executive Committee, NEC meeting on January 16.

One of the NWC member who spoke on the condition of anonymity after the meeting was quoted to have said: ”Yes we met with President Jonathan where we reported the National Chairman, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur that he was the problem of the party; that PDP cannot win 2015 election with him as chairman and that he must go for peace to return to the party.

’’We also told the President that Tukur was operating from his Wuse residence thereby running the party like a one man business. He should stop blackmailing people, he blackmailed the governors, members of the National Assembly and now NWC members.”

According to source, those that attended the meeting are the National Secretary, Prof. Wale Oladipo; Deputy National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus; National Auditor, Adewole Adeyanju; National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh; National Organising Secretary, Abubakar Mustapha; National Treasurer; National Financial Secretary, Elder Bolaji Anani; National Woman Leader, Mrs Kema Chikwe; National Legal Adviser, Victor Kwom and National Youth Leader, Abdullahi MaiBasira. Only the Deputy National Secretary, Onwe Solomon Onwe was said to be absent because he was still in the East.