CHIEF TONY ANENIH RESIGNS

The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has reached a new dimension as reports just reaching us inform that Tony Anenih, the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the party, has resigned.

The PDP National Working Committee (NWC) disclosed this information.
In accepting the resignation, the committee acknowledged the immense contributions of Anenih in the PDP over the years particularly in his capacity as the BoT Chairman.
The party said: “As one of the founding fathers of the PDP, the NWC appreciates Chief Anenih’s guiding role in the party in the last 16 years and wish him well in his future endeavours.”

Chief Anenih

The PDP commended the situation in a statement by Wale Oladipo, its national secretary. It also said: “Consequent upon the resignation, the Secretary of the Board of Trustees, Senator Walid Jibrin holds forth pending the election of a new BoT Chairman”.

According to the statement, Anenih resigned “on personal grounds”.
Meanwhile, media outfits quoted Anenih as saying that he decided to resign because of “the current state of affairs within the party.”

He said this in a letter he signed and submitted to President Goodluck Jonathan.
The letter titled ‘Notice of my decision to step down as Chairman, Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party’, is dated May 20, 2015 and addressed to Jonathan.
Anenih became PDP BoT chairman few weeks to the end of tenure of former President Olusegun Obasanjo in 2007.
After suffering huge defeat at the last general elections, the PDP, which was ruled Nigeria for 16 years, has been hit by a wave of defection and resignation.
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