From TAIWO AMODU, Abuja
Chairman, Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Tony Anenih, yesterday admonished the party’s faithful not to be worried over Tuesday’s defection of four governors and chieftains of the PDP to the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC).
Anenih said he regretted their action despite the trouble-shooting efforts of President Goodluck Jonathan to address their grievances.
Recall that the imposition of a list tagged: “The Unity List”, allegedly by Chief Anenih at the special National Convention held last August which disqualified some aspirants informed the action of the G-7 governors and former vice-president, Atiku Abubakar to stage a walk-out from the venue in protest.
In a statement, Anenih lauded the President’s efforts and those of former President Olusegun Obasanjo and General Ibrahim Babangida, former National Chairmen, Senators Barnabas Gemade and Ahmadu Ali as well as all those who “invested enough energy, commitment, maturity and sincerity in the collective efforts at reconciliation.”
According to him, “indeed, I had expected the governors to stay on in the party which has offered them a unique opportunity to serve their people. Surprisingly, they decided to abandon their home and platform to take up tenancy in an opposition party even when it was apparent that the effort of Mr. President for genuine reconciliation was enough for them to see good reason to show restraint and understanding. However, as adults, the final decision was and remains theirs.”Anenih said.
He pleaded with the party’s faithful nation-wide to remain steadfast in their commitment ahead of 2015 general elections.
“I would like to urge our party members and sympathizers not to be disturbed by the exit of some of our governors, but to continue to mobilize grassroots support for our party, Mr. President, and his Transformation Agenda. Our party is big and strong enough to rebound, as it has always done, in the face of such challenges,” he said.
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