As the ruling Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) continues to come apart at the
seams, one of its suspended governors,
Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko of Sokoto
State, today came down hard and heavy
on National Chairman Bamanga Tukur,
denouncing him as a political prostitute
whose mission is to destroy the party and
north.
Addressing a mammoth crowd at
Government House, Wamakko said that
people like Bamanga Tukur and Ahmed
Gulak, the Special Adviser on Political
Matters to the President, have no business
in PDP and ought to be sacked by
President Goodluck Jonathan.
On his suspension from the PDP, Governor
Wamakko vehemently dismissed the
development, saying he has no regrets
and no apology whatsoever.”
Furthermore, he stressed, “I will never
support Godswill Akpabio, the Chairman
of PDP Governors Forum.”
Wamakko called on Mr. Jonathan to bring
back, Ahmadu Ali and Abubakar Kawu
Baraje, to continue as Chairman and
Secretary of the party.
The governor, who was flanked by the
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Rt. Honourable Aminu Waziri Tambuwal,
said, “When we took over PDP in 2011,
the party has no single elected person
from Sokoto state. Today we have won all
the 234 seats of the Councilors as well as
all the 23 local government chairmen. We
have won all the 30 members of the state
house of assembly, all the 11 members of
the national assembly, all the 3 senators
as well as the governor and his deputy,
therefore the peoples of Sokoto state are
ardent lovers and supporters of Alu not
PDP.”
Governor Wamakko’s scorched-earth
criticism of his party’s chairman comes as
sources say he may dump the PDP for the
yet to be registered All Progressive
Congress (APC).
The sources said the governor held a
closed-door meeting with Bola Ahmed
Tinibu in Lagos upon his arrival from The
Netherlands, where he attended an
investment forum along with the Kwara
State Governor, Ahmed Abdulfatah.
The source confided a SaharaReporters
correspondent that Wamakko spent over
three hours with Tinubu to discuss the
terms of his joining the APC.

if this crisis is not well managed, pdp might as well kiss the north goodbye because with this outburst from wammako and tambuwal you can be rest assured he is in firm grip of the party in the state and it doesn't look like he can be dislodge by even TUKUR or GEJ and to make matters worse other northern governors might come out openly to voice their opposition to tukur who I feel is killing the party at a geometric progression.

This old men has grow up. Na wa o

kulikuli26: if this crisis is not well managed, pdp might as well kiss the north goodbye because with this outburst from wammako and tambuwal you can be rest assured he is in firm grip of the party in the state and it doesn't look like he can be dislodge by even TUKUR or GEJ and to make matters worse other northern governors might come out openly to voice their opposition to tukur who I feel is killing the party at a geometric progression.

the north is already divided if u don't know

Na tinubu come cause commotion so?

let them leave then. nobody forced them to remain in the pdp.
politics is highly calculative game and unfortunately, the north allowed themselves to be edged out by obasanjo (who is now pretending to be on their side).

how divided are they pls?

karl max: the north is already divided if u don't know

karl max: the north is already divided if u don't know

Quit being naïve. No northern governor is in support of GEJ, forget the pretence.

kokoA: Quit being naïve. No northern governor is in support of GEJ, forget the pretence.

Really?

OK, write this down:
1.Gabriel Suswan
2.Jona Jang
3.Isa Yuguda
4.Ramalan Yaro
5.Shehu Shema
7.Sutai Danbaba/Acting Gov.
8. Idris
Aside this there are other state that other states in the north that PDP has a strong members who are not the governors with great grass root base;
1. Adamawa
2. Sokoto
3. Kano
4. Borno
5. Kebbi

its obvious you are not a keen follower of northern politics, how can you even list sokoto, kano or even kebbi as states where their governors don't control the party structure in the state even adamawa will be a total giveaway to APC by the time the crisis between NYAKO and TUKUR is not resolved because ACN is strong there and with the support of CPC PDP will be totally chased out of the state......WAKE UP BRO!!!!

oxford:

Really?

OK, write this down:
1.Gabriel Suswan
2.Jona Jang
3.Isa Yuguda
4.Ramalan Yaro
5.Shehu Shema
7.Sutai Danbaba/Acting Gov.
8. Idris
Aside this there are other state that other states in the north that PDP has a strong members who are not the governors with great grass root base;
1. Adamawa
2. Sokoto
3. Kano
4. Borno
5. Kebbi

kulikuli26: how divided are they pls?

he can move to apc ,in 2011 election Buhari won the election in sokoto ,so it make no difference to gej's re-election .infact he worked against gej in the Election hence why Buhari won his state.all the northern state governors making noise on the pages of the newspapers ,not one single one of them delivered their state to gej .so they are irrelevant the middlebeltans that voted for him in the north in 2011 has already made it clear that they are not part of the so called north.and they are still behind him. So wamakko can quickly decamp his not needed.

oxford:

Really?

OK, write this down:
1.Gabriel Suswan
2.Jona Jang
3.Isa Yuguda
4.Ramalan Yaro
5.Shehu Shema
7.Sutai Danbaba/Acting Gov.
8. Idris
Aside this there are other state that other states in the north that PDP has a strong members who are not the governors with great grass root base;
1. Adamawa
2. Sokoto
3. Kano
4. Borno
5. Kebbi

dont mind these people the governors u listed that are against gej.if u check the 2011 election results he lost in there respective states.were now seeing why cos they worked against him .so their support is irrelevant if they can't deliver their states in 2011 is it 2015 that they would?.bunch of noise makers

karl max: he can move to apc ,in 2011 election Buhari won the election in sokoto ,so it make no difference to gej's re-election .infact he worked against gej in the Election hence why Buhari won his state.all the northern state governors making noise on the pages of the newspapers ,not one single one of them delivered their state to gej .so they are irrelevant the middlebeltans that voted for him in the north in 2011 has already made it clear that they are not part of the so called north.and they are still behind him. So wamakko can quickly decamp his not needed.

Very true

kulikuli26: its obvious you are not a keen follower of northern politics, how can you even list sokoto, kano or even kebbi as states where their governors don't control the party structure in the state even adamawa will be a total giveaway to APC by the time the crisis between NYAKO and TUKUR is not resolved because ACN is strong there and with the support of CPC PDP will be totally chased out of the state......WAKE UP BRO!!!!

Nyako is finding it difficult in Adamawa because his political base is been eroded by the day and He knows it. Kano state governor has not have it the best with the staunch opposition he has in Shekarau followers and as such He cannot lay claim to a good political base.

All the PDP at the centre need do is a viable opposition for Wammako in Sokoto PDP who is capable of getting his current supporters to himself and the rest will be history but like the President is moving as at today's dailies, he is not ready to go that route yet until there is a viable person who can stand any situation in Sokoto Politics and in other states.

All the drama is just unfolding but the PDP structure in Plateau State, Gombe State, Katsina State, Bauchi State, Adamawa State, Nassarawa State, Borno State (with the current SOE gains), Yobe State (SOE), Kebbi State, Zamfara State, Kogi State, Kwara State,Benue State, Ekiti, Lagos,Ondo, Oyo, Osun, Ogun, Imo, Enugu, Anambra, Ebonyi,Abia, Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers, Cross Rivers, Edo and Akwa Ibom will likely vote for a Jonathan ticket. I am not also ruling out the possibility of passing a single term of 6 years that will shift elections for governors and Presidents to 2017 thereby giving the North Automatic ticket on PDP platform.
Whatever happens, the drama will be too DRAMATIC for words.

karl max: he can move to apc ,in 2011 election Buhari won the election in sokoto ,so it make no difference to gej's re-election .infact he worked against gej in the Election hence why Buhari won his state.all the northern state governors making noise on the pages of the newspapers ,not one single one of them delivered their state to gej .so they are irrelevant the middlebeltans that voted for him in the north in 2011 has already made it clear that they are not part of the so called north.and they are still behind him. So wamakko can quickly decamp his not needed.
you can type what ever you like in the comfort of your room.2011 Election GEJ has 390,000 Votes in sokoto,courtesy of Wamako rigging.Without Wamako GEJ cant even get 1000 vote in sokoto.Pls don't comment out of ignorance.Please define middle belt.

oxford:

Really?

OK, write this down:
1.Gabriel Suswan
2.Jona Jang
3.Isa Yuguda
4.Ramalan Yaro
5.Shehu Shema
7.Sutai Danbaba/Acting Gov.
8. Idris
Aside this there are other state that other states in the north that PDP has a strong members who are not the governors with great grass root base;
1. Adamawa
2. Sokoto
3. Kano
4. Borno
5. Kebbi

100likes

The fact is that even if all the northern governors quit PDP, the grassroots base of PDP is still very much strong. That's why the disloyal ones are finding it difficult to quit.

Ibro Yaya:

100likes

The fact is that even if all the northern governors quit PDP, the grassroots base of PDP is still very much strong. That's why the disloyal ones are finding it difficult to quit.

I laff in derision wt dis yr purile postulation!

Be it known 2u, d northerners av a shocker 4u all as regards 2015

D Governors personifies d PDP in d North,hence any hint of persecution against d governors is akin to courting trouble

D way d north vote is dizzying cos dey pander to som sentiments wc are not noticeable anywia else

D Islamic scholars n Traditional rulers always determine wia d pendulum of voting wil swing

By d friday preceding d election,a clarion cal is always made as to who dey shd vote 4

GEJ is seriously in soup as regards dis coming election. Even if d PDP as a party is nt undergoin d present shakings,d Northerners stil av dia joker up dia sleeves as 2 wat dey want done by 2015