The Chairman, Board of Trustees, BoT, of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, Tony Anenih, has now come under attack for supporting the governors under the new PDP led by Atiku Abubakar. Anenih had stated on Tuesday that some of the grievances of the governors under the new party’s faction against Bamanga Tukur and President Jonathan were genuine.
In a communique released on Thursday by a pro-Jonathan group, Congress forEquality and Change, led by former Federal Commissioner of Information, Chief Edwin Clark, signed by its chairman, Senator Ameh Ebute, the group warned Anenih to “distance himself from the demands of the so-called aggrieved governors and join Bamanga Tukur to work for the party in truth and spirit.”
Clark berated Anenih for admitting that some of the grievances of the aggrieved governors against Tukur and President Jonathan were genuine.
The group described some of the alleged grievances expressed by the governors as “condemnable”. The group also pointed out that, “the claim by the governors that President Jonathan should award the governors, their cronies and family perpetual injunction from EFCC and police prosecution against corruption, embezzlement of public funds and criminal enrichment is condemnable; we wonder how the President could stop EFCC from investigating people alleged to have engaged in corruption.
It also added that, “the demand that the President should renounce his 2015 presidential re-election bid inspite of his eligibility to contest is very condemnable.”
Anenih had warned Tukur against making inflammatory statements that could undermine the ongoing peace talks in the party.
Some days ago, some members of the party staged a walk out in Abuja at the PDP special convention and announced a splinter group which has Abubakar Baraje as its chairman.
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