A factional chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, yesterday visited the former national chairman of the party, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, at his Abuja residence.
In a chat with newsmen after their meeting which lasted for over an hour, Sheriff said that the visit was to seek Tukur’s advice.
His words: “Baba is my father and I came to visit him, look at how he is doing, seek advice and to tell him my thinking and that is personal.
“We have discussed and that is not for the media consumption. He is an elder statesman. He has achieved many things in life at every level — in business and in politics.
“It’s people like him that encouraged me to join politics when he came to my father’s house trying to become president or let me say when the North-east of Nigeria gathered in Maiduguri that they wanted to support Bamanga. Those were the things that encouraged me to join politics.
“Therefore, whatever I discussed with my father, I won’t let you know. I am actually surprised to see you here. I don’t know how manage you (newsmen) are here today,” Sheriff said.
Speaking, Tukur assured Nigerians that the PDP would survive despite the crisis bedevilling it.
“He is my son. He came to greet me. I am an elder statesman. I am for everybody; I am not partisan now. So when they seek my advice, I give them. PDP will forever be, because the philosophy of the PDP, what do you say? Power to the people. So will it change if democracy is power to the people?” he said.
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