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PDP Would Have Won If I Wasn’t Removed, Says Tukur. by ayomidegambari(m): 5:46am On Sep 11, 2015 |
A former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, said on Thursday that if he was not forced out of office, his party would have won the 2015 general elections. Tukur, who spoke with journalists at his residence in Abuja as one of the activities to mark his 80th birthday, said the party was winning elections when he was in office. The former PDP chairman was forced to resign from office when he sanctioned some governors of the party. Tukur, who was a former governor of the defunct Gongola State, identified lack of internal democracy as the bane of the former ruling party. The defeat suffered by the PDP was unprecedented as the then opposition party, the All Progressives Congress, won the power at the centre and many states where the PDP had hitherto remained unbeaten. Tukur however said the situation would have been different if he had not been booted out of office unceremoniously. He said, “Well, when I was there I won elections and in the same vein, if I was there I also expect to win the election. “But first and foremost, this is a democracy and in every democratic system, you have the opposition and the party in government. “So, it is time (for the opposition) because it is a democracy and it is the people who decide who they want to vote for and that is what the people have done. “Sure the PDP will rediscover itself. I am sure about that; it is their own party and they can find out what have gone wrong. “If for 16 years people allowed you to rule them and in the 17th year they say no, you have to find out why they said no.” He said he faced problems in the party because some of those he described as strong members of the party were afraid of election and would rather prefer selection. He said such powerful men were ready to leave the party, but he decided to leave for them. Tukur added, “Well, I thought we were in a system of democracy and my views were such that what I believed in were what I will preach. “I wanted election and people said they wanted selection. If the majority or the strong people in the PDP did not believe in it then the choice or the next thing for me to do was to leave. “It is either I leave or they leave but I did not want them to leave, so, I decided to leave. At that time, people said I was preaching internal democracy instead of imposition. So, it was difficult for me to sit down and be part of them.” Despite the way he was treated in his party, Tukur said he would not defect to the APC, saying that it would be difficult for him to change his principle at 80. He said, “At 80, what do you want somebody to do? You want to change somebody’s character at 80? Is it possible? “At 80, you remain because you cannot bend. You are unbendable anymore and if you do it by force, you will break.”. www.punchng.com/news/pdp-would-have-won-if-i-wasnt-removed-says-tukur/
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Re: PDP Would Have Won If I Wasn’t Removed, Says Tukur. by ademega(m): 5:53am On Sep 11, 2015 |
really? |
Re: PDP Would Have Won If I Wasn’t Removed, Says Tukur. by ezebunafo(m): 5:55am On Sep 11, 2015 |
Ok |
Re: PDP Would Have Won If I Wasn’t Removed, Says Tukur. by sluk(m): 5:55am On Sep 11, 2015 |
OK, Praise d Lord |
Re: PDP Would Have Won If I Wasn’t Removed, Says Tukur. by midolian(m): 5:58am On Sep 11, 2015 |
After 5months |
Re: PDP Would Have Won If I Wasn’t Removed, Says Tukur. by seunmsg(m): 6:06am On Sep 11, 2015 |
Old man Tukur is having the last laugh over the PDP governors that pushed him out of office. The good thing is, majority of Nigerians are now laughing at all of them. Bunch of corrupt and clueless leaders who ruined the country for 16 years. |
Re: PDP Would Have Won If I Wasn’t Removed, Says Tukur. by dotG(m): 6:09am On Sep 11, 2015 |
here comes the wailing waillers.... |
Re: PDP Would Have Won If I Wasn’t Removed, Says Tukur. by DaveWonder(m): 6:09am On Sep 11, 2015 |
With all due respect sir, yur statement sounds disgusting WTF hu du yu tynk u are, a deity or wah, Bleep yur ego!!!!! |
Re: PDP Would Have Won If I Wasn’t Removed, Says Tukur. by Sirnokiopee(m): 6:14am On Sep 11, 2015 |
Please this man should be included in the next episode of night of a thousand laugh ... He should also go on tour with basket mouth |
Re: PDP Would Have Won If I Wasn’t Removed, Says Tukur. by omenka(m): 6:18am On Sep 11, 2015 |
Come oo, is this man still in charge of those fairy tale "transformation" trains or doing his "ambassador at large" thingy?? Shouldn't he be telling us what he's done/is doing on his current job?? Why cry over spilled milk?? |
Re: PDP Would Have Won If I Wasn’t Removed, Says Tukur. by phlemzy: 6:19am On Sep 11, 2015 |
Is this not the same man that was stirring disunity in the party when he was the chairman? He must be day dreaming! |
Re: PDP Would Have Won If I Wasn’t Removed, Says Tukur. by otukpo(f): 6:22am On Sep 11, 2015 |
We have heard. |
Re: PDP Would Have Won If I Wasn’t Removed, Says Tukur. by ellabooz(f): 6:24am On Sep 11, 2015 |
Ok . |
Re: PDP Would Have Won If I Wasn’t Removed, Says Tukur. by myners007: 6:24am On Sep 11, 2015 |
Invariably the man implies that he has the key to PDP latest rigging technique |
Re: PDP Would Have Won If I Wasn’t Removed, Says Tukur. by bewla(m): 6:28am On Sep 11, 2015 |
orubebe |
Re: PDP Would Have Won If I Wasn’t Removed, Says Tukur. by WailingWailer00(m): 6:31am On Sep 11, 2015 |
See him fat face like frog own Who are you sef Betrayers |
Re: PDP Would Have Won If I Wasn’t Removed, Says Tukur. by ellabooz(f): 6:32am On Sep 11, 2015 |
[/b] Tukur said he would not defect to the APC, saying that it would be difficult for him to change his principle at 80. He said, “At 80, what do you want somebody to do? You want to change somebody’s character at 80? Is it possible? “At 80, you remain because you cannot bend. You are unbendable anymore and if you do it by force, you will break.”. [b] [/quote] The above statement portrays Obasanjo as a disgrace to this nation. Someone that became a president on the platform of PDP? Am not surprised shaa,someone who sleeps with his daughter inlaw at old age tufiakwa. A typical behaviour of a westerner - sabotaging. Westerners are the problem of this country - Lamido sanusi |
Re: PDP Would Have Won If I Wasn’t Removed, Says Tukur. by rottennaija(m): 6:33am On Sep 11, 2015 |
Impunity, favouratism, abuse of power, lack of Justice in the court, corruption, lack of democracy even internally within their party and externally, lack of interest to the suffering masses, wastage of public funds like in the case if Akwa ibom, kidnapping and killing of opposition ...and the list goes on was the reasons why PDP was shown the way out |
Re: PDP Would Have Won If I Wasn’t Removed, Says Tukur. by Beremx(f): 6:36am On Sep 11, 2015 |
Baba must be high on Gongola weed. Next story before I laugh here! |
Re: PDP Would Have Won If I Wasn’t Removed, Says Tukur. by Pavore9: 6:37am On Sep 11, 2015 |
Even the old, dream dreams! |
Re: PDP Would Have Won If I Wasn’t Removed, Says Tukur. by 2kris(m): 6:42am On Sep 11, 2015 |
Tukur is looking for sympathy after killing pdp to favour northerners |
Re: PDP Would Have Won If I Wasn’t Removed, Says Tukur. by permsec: 6:43am On Sep 11, 2015 |
. |
Re: PDP Would Have Won If I Wasn’t Removed, Says Tukur. by lincolnj88: 6:43am On Sep 11, 2015 |
baba messi hw yola na..... Kai in the north apc and pdp just have one sole goal , which is for power to return to northern muslim hand |
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