The Chairman, Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Tony Anenih, has described the defection of five governors of the party to the opposition All Progressives Congress as a sad development.
He, however, urged party loyalists across the nation not to panic over the decision by the governors.
Anenih, said this while responding to questions from journalists in Abuja, on. Thursday.
According to him, he took solace in the fact that the party leadership, President Goodluck Jonathan, former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Ibrahim Babangida, former National Chairmen, Senators Barnabas Gemade and Ahmadu Ali and himself “invested enough energy, commitment, maturity and sincerity in the collective effort at reconciliation.”
He said, “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.”
Punch
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