Gulak says those governors seeking Turkur's removee are aunti-Jonathan

The Special Adviser on Political Matters  to the President, Alhaji Ahmed Gulak, has absolved the presidency of being behind the plot to remove Alhaji Bamanga Tukur as the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), stating that those clamouring for Tukur's ouster are anti-Jonathan and want to hold the president hostage.

The governors of the party have pushed for Tukur's removal for months, accusing him of highhandedness and running the party like his personal estate.

The chairman's sack was also one of the key demands of the seven aggrieved governors of the PDP, but President Goodluck Jonathan's refusal to accede to their request, among other demands, led to defection of five of the governors to the rival All Progressives Congress (APC)

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