'I Resigned For Jonathan To Take Over BOT – Chief Tony Anenih Speaks On PDP Crisis

Nigerian ruling party, The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was in ferment last night after its National Chairman, Alhaji Adamu Mu‘azu and chairman of the Board of Trustees, Chief Tony Anenih resigned their positions. Mu‘azu resigned in a letter addressed to his erstwhile deputy, Prince Uche Secondus, while Anenih’s letter was fetched from his residence last night after the National Working Committee (NWC) issued a deadline due today for him to review his position.

Anenih in his resignation, however, said that he was resigning in favour of President Goodluck Jonathan to take over as Chairman of the BOT, a suggestion that a senior member of the NWC, last night, dismissed as untenable. In a one-page letter he signed and sent to President Jonathan, dated May 20, 2015, he wrote:

“Your Excellency will recall that in a conversation I had with you a few weeks ago, I had offered to step down from the office of the Chairman of our party’s Board of Trustees and proposed to hand over to you as its new Chairman in a ceremony that would have taken place on the 23rd of May, 2015. I had also repeated this position in our subsequent meetings. 

“As a follow-up to the above proposal and in view of the current state of affairs in our party, I have decided to formally put my offer in writing to enable you effectively assume the Chairmanship of Board of Trustees or approve a process that will enable any other member of the BOT who is considered competent, to assume the position. 

“Kindly accept, therefore, this letter as notice of my decision to step down from the position of Chairman of the BOT of our party with effect from today, the 20th of May, 2015. 

“I am happy to inform you that, I remain a loyal foundation member of our great party and will continue to pray for the prosperity of Nigeria, our party, and for you and your family. 

“Your Excellency, kindly accept the expression of my highest regards.”

Source: Vanguard