Alhaji Bamanga Tukur has dismissed his purported resignation as crass lies sponsored by “desperate hawks within and outside the party”.
Tukur also debunked reports that he challenged President Jonathan on his resignation and that the President never prevailed on him to resign, saying he maintains a cordial relationship with President Jonathan whom he described as a jolly fellow and confidant.
He said he found it incomprehensible that certain members of the party could go “utterly crass to concoct lies” against his person to justify their dastardly plot to pull down his leadership of the PDP.
He said: “You all met me here talking to you as the PDP chairman, yet, some enemies of the party went to the media to say I had resigned.
“It is unbelievable that party members could be mean, vile, treacherous and vindictive while playing such stunt.
“This is not the first time they would do this. They had sponsored media reports severally to say I had resigned. Yet Almighty God has continued to shame them because, they were not the ones who kept me on this seat.
“They went further to sponsor media reports that I was to confront our President over an issue they could not expatiate on. The agents of darkness have taken over the place. Nigeria and members of our party should beware,” Tukur said.
He added, “I am in good term with Mr President, the leader of our party. We met often and take strategic decisions together.
“No one, not even the devil can make me be in needless confrontation with the President. We are one in spirit and the enemies would be shocked to see PDP back on stream.”
“Besides, he (Jonathan) has been a jolly good fellow to me, a brother, a leader of the party and my greatest confidant.”
“If I did nothing to wrong a soul, if I try my best all the time to make our party become stronger and great and when some people plot to fight me on my standpoint to be just, I say today that All Mighty Allah will vindicate me”.
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