Chief Anenih, PDP BoT Chairman resigns

There has been crises in PDP with its top officials and members resigning and defecting to APC. The Chairman to the Party's BoT, Chief Tony Anenih has also resigned.

His resignation, which was confirmed by Prof. Adewale Oladipo the National Secretary of the PDP, came few hours after the party’s national chairman also toed the same line.

Oladipo in a statement said, “The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has received the resignation of the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of our great party on personal grounds". In accepting the resignation the NWC noted the outstanding contributions of Chief Anenih in the party over the years especially in his capacity as the Board of Trustees Chairman.

“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.
Consequent upon the resignation, the Secretary of the Board of Trustees, Senator Walid Jibrin holds forth pending the election of a new BoT Chairman”.