SHUT UP OR FACE SEVERE SANCTIONS, TUKUR TELLS WAMAKKO

SHUT UP OR FACE SEVERE SANCTIONS, TUKUR TELLS WAMAKKO

Apparently unperturbed by the avalanche of criticism trailing his headship of the party, the National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur yesterday warned Sokoto State Governor, Alhaji Aliyu Wamakko to always abide by the rules and regulations of the party or be ready to face more severe disciplinary actions.

The party chairman gave the warning following repeated calls by the suspended governor for the national chairman’s sack for incompetence, warned that Wamakko should not stay within the party and encourage insubordination.

Wamakko had upon return from an overseas trip on Wednesday took a swipe at Tukur for suspending him from the PDP, warning that the action would however not force him to leave the party.

He was backed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, a prominent politician from the Caliphate, who is also being suspected of romancing with the opposition.

Speaking through his Special Assistant on Media, Prince Oliver Okpala said, “If he( Wamakko) has any agenda to leave the PDP, it is within his constitutional right and he is free, but as long as he remains within the PDP, he must align himself with discipline.

“He should not stay in the party and be encouraging insubordination and indiscipline.

“The leadership of the party under Tukur has regards for party discipline and will never allow members to engage in indiscipline and get away with it.

“Therefore, for him to say Tukur is a political prostitute, does that portray him as a true son.He should express a true sense of respect and discipline because of his position as a governor.

“When he insults an elderly man like Tukur because he is a governor, then we don’t think he has the moral fibre to remain in office because as a governor he should live by example.

“The example he is showing now does not portray him as someone who has respect for seniority and properly constituted authority like the position of chairman of PDP and the NWC,” Tukur’s aide said.

Reacting to the presence of Tambuwal at the Sokoto airport on Wednesday to receive Wamakko back to the country, Tukur’s spokesman noted that the Speaker had the right to attend the event while adhering to the decision of the party.

“Speaker has the right to support his governor but as a party man, he should toe the line of political discipline and comportment.

“Tukur as a father will always look after his children who are party members and be able to caution them and bring them to order whenever they engage in acts that are subversive to the corporate existence and image of the PDP as a political entity and the largest political movement in Africa.”