I’m ready to face PDP Disciplinary Committee -Tukur

Suspended former National Chairman of the Peoples
Democratic Party, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, has said he
is ready to face the party’s disciplinary committee.
He also said that although he was ready to abide by the
decision of the party with regards to his suspension, he
remains a loyal party member and staunch supporter of
President Goodluck Jonathan.
He was reacting to his suspension from the party on
Thursday by the members of the National Working
Committee.
His suspension and that of an aspirant to the House of
Representatives, Alhaji Aliyu Gurin, is to last one month.
Both of them are from Adamawa State.
Their suspension was sequel to a case filed by Gurin in
which he is seeking the sacking of the Acting National
Chairman of the party, Alhaji Adamu Muazu.
Tukur, who is a defendant in the suit, aligned himself with
the prayer of Gurin.
The case, which had been thrown out of the Federal
High Court in Abuja, is however pending at the Court of
Appeal.
After the suspension of the two men, the party also
referred their case to the National Disciplinary
Committee for infringing on section 58(1)(a)( b)( h)( l) of the
PDP Constitution 2012( as amended).
But Tukur who spoke with journalists over his suspension
said that he was ready to face disciplinary committee if the
party so decides, regretting however that the party took
such action without hearing from him as a founding
member of the party.
He explained that there was no way he could have
sponsored a case to remove the party chairman because as
a founding member of the party and a Board of Trustee
member, he was conversant with the party’s law.
He added that he remains a loyal member of the party and
will continue to support President Goodluck Jonathan’s
administration.
He however explained that he will not petition the party’s
action but will abide by their decision, noting that he
expects the party to do the needful.