For dragging the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), its National Chairman, Alhaji Adamu Muazu to court, the national leadership of PDP on Thursday applied its sledge hammer by suspending the former National Chairman, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur.

The decision to suspend Tukur from the party was taken by the party’s leadership at the meeting of the National Working Committee, NWC.

Tukur was elected the PDP National Chairman in March, 2012 and resigned January this year to give way for Adamu Muazu to become the national Chairman.

Muazu’s chairmanship which was approved at the National Executive Committee, NEC meeting, would be ratified next week at the party’s national convention.

He was appointed the Chairman, Board of the Nigeria Railway and following his resignation as PDP National Chairman, President Goodluck Jonathan appointed him an Ambassador at large.

In a statement by the PDP National Legal Adviser, Mr. Victor Kwon, said, “The National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic (PDP) at its 395th meeting held yesterday, 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 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).”