Following President's Goodluck Jonathan's confirmation that Alhaji Bamanga Mohammed Tukur, the beleaguered National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), had resigned, the contest for his replacement gathered momentum with the emergence of at least seven contenders from the North-east geopolitical zone of the country.
Speaking Thursday at the 63rd National Executive Committee meeting of the party, the president also announced that the party would hold another NEC meeting on Monday to elect a replacement for Tukur.
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