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The Northern Elders Forum has hailed Bamanga Tukur for resigning as the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
The Deputy Chairman of NEF, Paul Unongo, according to Daily Post said the resignation of Tukur was a welcome development that should have come earlier to prevent defection of prominent members of the party.
In his own view, unless President Goodluck Jonathan drops his second term ambition, the political tension in the country would persist. He went further, adding that PDP would lose the 2015 presidential election if the party went ahead to field Jonathan.
“It’s been between the people, who have been insisting on the President respecting the one-term pact and those who have been using him, and are telling him to go ahead and stand for election; that nothing will happen.
“You have young governors telling him, ‘nothing will happen; the Middle-Belt is with you’. The only thing that can save PDP now is for Mr. President to state categorically that he will not contest election in 2015, otherwise the defections will continue and the PDP will lose the election if it fields Jonathan,” he said.
The Deputy Chairman of NEF, Paul Unongo, according to Daily Post said the resignation of Tukur was a welcome development that should have come earlier to prevent defection of prominent members of the party.
In his own view, unless President Goodluck Jonathan drops his second term ambition, the political tension in the country would persist. He went further, adding that PDP would lose the 2015 presidential election if the party went ahead to field Jonathan.
“It’s been between the people, who have been insisting on the President respecting the one-term pact and those who have been using him, and are telling him to go ahead and stand for election; that nothing will happen.
“You have young governors telling him, ‘nothing will happen; the Middle-Belt is with you’. The only thing that can save PDP now is for Mr. President to state categorically that he will not contest election in 2015, otherwise the defections will continue and the PDP will lose the election if it fields Jonathan,” he said.
