President Goodluck Jonathan was on Wednesday served a huge dose of political humiliation as governors from the North-East zone of his party conspired and successfully rejected his preferred candidate for the national chairmanship position of the PDP, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur.
At the PDP zonal congress in Bauchi Jonathan's candidate, Alhaji Tukur, was defeated by a far younger Musa Babayo, who was the immediate acting national secretary of the party.
Mr. Babayo scored 14 delegate votes as against Alhaji Tukur's two.
Mr. Jonathan has worked hard in the past weeks to rally zonal and national support for Mr. Tukur, a septugenarian, who believe the top PDP position should be for the elderly.
From all indications, rumours that majority of PDP state governors are bent on disgracing Mr. President in the forthcoming national convention is becoming real by the day. More details coming...
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