It’s A Lie, Tambuwal Remains Chairman PDP Governors Forum, Not Makinde –Forum’s DG

By Charles Igbo

The Director General of the Peoples Democratic Party’s,  Governors Forum, CID Maduabum, a Lawyer, has dismissed as fake, the report which made the rounds on Thursday, September 8, that the Chairman of the Forum, Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal has resigned. In his stead, the report said, is the  Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde.

The reports said Tambuwal’s resignation was an aftermath of the PDP’ s 97th National Executive Council Meeting which held in Abuja on Thursday.

The report, no doubt, surfaced to give the impression that Makinde, who is in the Camp of Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, was appointed to appease the Camp.

Governor Wike and his Camp are insisting on the resignation of the National Chairman of the Party, Dr Iyorchia Ayu, lamenting that the  Party has short-changed the South with all the positions – National Chairman, Presidential Candidate, Chairman BOT, and Chairman, PDP Governors’ Forum – from the North.

But Maduabum dismissed the report as a lie. In a statement which he personally signed, the DG said Tambuwal remains the Chairman of the Forum.

Here’s the statement:

“This is to inform the general public and stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party , that the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party  Governors Forum (PDP-GF) , Rt Hon Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, CFR  has not resigned as Chairman of the Forum contrary to some media reports.

“Members of the PDP GOVERNORS FORUM  are working behind the scenes to resolve all contending issues concerning the Party. To this end a meeting  of the Forum will soon be convened.

“Hon CID Maduabum, LL.M

Director General

PDP GOVERNORS FORUM”

Senator Walid Jibrin, Chairman of the BOT, resigned on Thursday, and made way for a former Senate President, Adolphus Wabara to succeed him.

Wike has dismissed that as an insult to the South.