NEWS : ACN wrong on call for Tukur’s resignation – PDP

ACN wrong on call for Tukur’s resignation – PDP

PDP National Chairman, Dr Bamanga Tukur
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The Peoples Democratic Party has described the Action Congress of Nigeria as a bundle of contradictions.

The PDP, which was reacting to the ACN’s call on its National Chairman, Dr. Bamanga Tukur to resign from office following the ongoing trial of one his sons, Mahmud, for alleged involvement in the fuel subsidy scandal, called on Nigerians not to take the opposition party seriously.

In a statement by the PDP’s National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh, on Monday, the party said it was wrong to link Tukur with the alleged sin of one of his sons.

It said since Tukur was not on trial, and had not been linked to any crime, it would be wrong to ask him to step aside when he did not even know anything about the alleged crime for which his son was being prosecuted.

The PDP said the ACN‘s posture on the matter was laughable and also amounted to desperate attempt to smear Tukur’s name.

It said, “In order to set the records straight especially in the minds of those who may be swayed by the ACN’s warped logic, we wish to state categorically that the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Dr. Bamanga Tukur, is not on trial, neither has he been linked to any of the allegations on the current petroleum subsidy trials.

“We have stated severally that the son of the Chairman currently facing trial is an adult and is fully responsible for all his actions in the eyes of the law. We shall therefore not allow the name and dignity of our revered Chairman to be dragged into an issue he knows nothing about.”

The ruling party wondered why the ACN had failed to ask the Speaker of Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr. Adeyemi Ikuforiji, to resign following his arraignment by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for alleged money laundering.