Jonathan asks Tukur to resign

 President Goodluck Jonathan has asked the Natioanal Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, to turn in his resignation letter before the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting scheduled for Thursday, January 16.

This request followed the widespread agitations for Tukur’s removal.

One of the allegations against the National Chairman is that he holds NWC meetings at his Wuse 2 residence instead of the party’s Wadata Plaza headquarters.

Tukur’s supporters, however, have claimed that some of the NWC members were bribed in the tune of N30million to N40million each to lead the campaign for his sack.

The Chairman keeps saying he won’t quit office as he did nothing wrong.

A source close to the Presidency disclosed to Leadership yesterday that Jonathan held another stormy session with Tukur on Saturday to ascertain most of the allegations leveled against him by some members of the NWC at the meeting they had with the president on Thursday.