I Will Not Resign, Tukur Dares Jonathan

The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Dr. Bamanga Tukur, on Tuesday told those seeking his removal from office that his job was not vacant.

"Chairman is there dam! dam! The chairman is not only in office, he is also in power. In PDP, there is no vacancy in the national chairmanship," he boasted to State House correspondents after the party's National Working Committee meeting with President Goodluck Jonathan in Abuja on Tuesday.

Ahead of the PDP National Executive Council meeting scheduled for Thursday, there had been reports that Tukur and other members of the NWC of the PDP had been directed by Jonathan to resign.

Tukur told the State House correspondents that he would not resign as the national chairman of the party because "we are here to run the PDP."

"It is not true that I am resigning. Resign for what? It is not true at all. We will continue to run the PDP," he added, but went ahead to confirm that eight members of the NWC whose elections were faulted by the Independent National Electoral Commission would resign.

He said himself, the National Financial Secretary, the National Auditor and the National Secretary whose office is already vacant were not affected.

Those who will resign, according to Tukur, are all the deputies, and all ex-officio members.