BEVERLY HILLS, CA, January 19, (THEWILL) –
Ahmadu Adamu Mu’azu, a former Governor of
Bauchi State, has been chosen as the new
National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP), THEWILL can authoritatively
report.
Mu’azu, 58, was unanimously adopted on
Sunday night at a meeting attended by
President Goodluck Jonathan, Vice President
Namadi Sambo, Chairman of the party’s Board
of Trustees, Chief Tony Anenih; Senate
President David Mark and all the state
Governors elected under the PDP amongst
others.
THEWILL gathered that Mu’azu was later
invited to join the meeting at the Presidential
Villa after the leaders had agreed on his
choice.
We further gathered that he gave a
commitment that he’ll reposition the party and
strengthen it ahead of the general elections.
THEWILL also gathered from our source, who
is a very influential member of the party, that
Mu’azu will be unveiled formally on Monday at
a Special NEC meeting of the party.
The meeting started at about 10.pm (local
time) inside the Presidential Villa, Abuja and
lasted for about 3 hours.
Mu’azu topped about 15 other aspirants for
the chairmanship following last week’s forced
resignation of Alhaji Bamanga Tukur from the
post.
Some of the aspirants included a former
member of the House of Representatives,
Alhaji Mohammed Wakil and the incumbent
Minister of Transport, Senator Idris Umar, the
two preferred candidates of President
Jonathan and his wife, Patience.
Mu’azu was Governor of Bauchi State from
1999-2003. He had earlier worked as a civil
servant for the Governments of Kano and
Bauchi and became a businessman thereafter
before his election as Governor.
He was indicted and banned from holding
public office for ten (10) years by a Judicial
Commission set up by his successor, Mr. Isa
Yuguda, for misappropriating about N20 billion
belonging to the Bauchi State Government
during his 8 year rule of the state. Though he
denied the charges citing the cold war
between himself and his successor, Mu’azu
fled the country when anti-graft agency, the
EFCC, started investigating his tenure.
http://thewillnigeria.com/news/adamu-muazu-
is-new-pdp-national-chairman/
Ahmadu Adamu Mu’azu, a former Governor of
Bauchi State, has been chosen as the new
National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP), THEWILL can authoritatively
report.
Mu’azu, 58, was unanimously adopted on
Sunday night at a meeting attended by
President Goodluck Jonathan, Vice President
Namadi Sambo, Chairman of the party’s Board
of Trustees, Chief Tony Anenih; Senate
President David Mark and all the state
Governors elected under the PDP amongst
others.
THEWILL gathered that Mu’azu was later
invited to join the meeting at the Presidential
Villa after the leaders had agreed on his
choice.
We further gathered that he gave a
commitment that he’ll reposition the party and
strengthen it ahead of the general elections.
THEWILL also gathered from our source, who
is a very influential member of the party, that
Mu’azu will be unveiled formally on Monday at
a Special NEC meeting of the party.
The meeting started at about 10.pm (local
time) inside the Presidential Villa, Abuja and
lasted for about 3 hours.
Mu’azu topped about 15 other aspirants for
the chairmanship following last week’s forced
resignation of Alhaji Bamanga Tukur from the
post.
Some of the aspirants included a former
member of the House of Representatives,
Alhaji Mohammed Wakil and the incumbent
Minister of Transport, Senator Idris Umar, the
two preferred candidates of President
Jonathan and his wife, Patience.
Mu’azu was Governor of Bauchi State from
1999-2003. He had earlier worked as a civil
servant for the Governments of Kano and
Bauchi and became a businessman thereafter
before his election as Governor.
He was indicted and banned from holding
public office for ten (10) years by a Judicial
Commission set up by his successor, Mr. Isa
Yuguda, for misappropriating about N20 billion
belonging to the Bauchi State Government
during his 8 year rule of the state. Though he
denied the charges citing the cold war
between himself and his successor, Mu’azu
fled the country when anti-graft agency, the
EFCC, started investigating his tenure.
http://thewillnigeria.com/news/adamu-muazu-
is-new-pdp-national-chairman/
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