Secret Meeting Was Held With Kwankwaso, Lamido, Wamakko By Tukur

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Three of the northern governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday met with the national chairman of the party, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, in Abuja over the crisis within the party.

The governors that met with Tukur are Rabiu Kwankwaso (Kano), Sule Lamido (Jigawa) and Aliyu Wamako (Sokoto).

Niger State Governor Babangida Aliyu and his Adamawa State Murtala Nyako were not at the meeting.

Afric-tv24 gathered that the delegation of governors had gone to confront Tukur over the way he was running the party.

The governors had, among other things, complained about the interference of the national chairman in the affairs of the party in the states.

In their earlier comments, they had decried the crisis in Rivers State, and the plight of the governor, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi and called for the removal of Tukur as a panacea to the crisis in the party.

The meeting between the three northern governors and Tukur came barely hours after a series of meetings involving former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Jonathan and PDP governors at the Presidential Villa.

The northern governors had visited former presidents and elder statements over the political situation in the country.

Afric-tv24 gathered from a presidency source that the meeting was at the instance of the president, who had instructed the national chairman of the party to reconcile with the northern governors.

Another source, however, confirmed to Afric-tv24 that Tukur invited the governors over for the meeting.

But a statement by Tukur’s aide, Oliver Okpala, yesterday said the governors apologised on behalf of the other governors, including those of Adamawa and Niger states.

He said the meeting which lasted several hours “resolved that they have returned to the leadership of the party and that all that happened in the past, which involved grievances, accusations and counter-accusations, were done because of a gap in communication amidst disinformation from some quarters between them and the leadership of the party.

“And having listened to the national chairman, they are now properly informed about the happening in the party and promised that, from henceforth, they will work in harmony and unity with the leadership of the party and also pledged their loyalty under Dr Bamanga Tukur.”