Tukur rebuffs opponents’ sack bid.

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Embattled National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, has rebuffed moves by his political opponents to edge him out of office.Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)Vanguard learnt that just as some of the party’s governors are angling for his removal and replacement with another candidate fron Adamawa, no fewer than five governors of the party have paid him a solidarity visit to him and asked him to continue to lead the party.The governors, it was learnt, are of the opinion that Tukur should not be disgraced out of office having shown unalloyed loyalty and support to President Goodluck Jonathan. The governors said to be led by the Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson, are reported to have individually paid solidarity visits to Tukur in his Wuse 2 residence in Abuja and assured him of their unflinching support.Some of the governors, who are sympathetic to Tukur are, Jonah Jang of Plateau, Ramallam Yero of Kaduna and Garba Umar of Taraba.A source at the meeting with Tukur said that the chairman used the occasion to restate his commitment to working for the return of President Jonathan in 2015.The chairman’s loyalists, it was also gathered, are expected in the days ahead to move a vote of confidence on him and Jonathan and condemn any move to drop him. Some of the governors have already begun nationwide consultations to save Tukur from being disgraced out of his office.The pro-Tukur governors are said to have argued that the removal of Tukur would pose more problems for the party and diminish its chances of winning the next election.One of the governors told Vanguard that they were tired of the intra-party crisis and were ready to forge ahead so as to win the next polls.The governor said: “I can tell you that we are tired of the present political quagmire in the party and we really need a united and indivisible PDP ahead of 2015 presidential election.“We don’t want any of our members to defect again to the opposition because this is a game of numbers and we cannot afford to do it as a divided house,” the governor said. The crisis of confidence among the PDP stakeholders forced the leadership to postpone its NEC and BoT meetings, which will now hold in the middle of the month.