The crisis of leadership in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) took another twist yesterday as the embattled National Chairman of the party, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, car­peted the party former Board of Trustees (BoT) Chairman, Chief Tony Anenih.
Sheriff told Anenih that his re-admission into the party BoT is not automatic, saying that he should reapply for membership, as the case against him bordering on anti-party activities have not been addressed.
It could be recalled that the last National Working Commit­tee (NWC) had accused Anenih of anti-party activities during the 2015 elections.
The former NWC had ac­cused him of anti-party activi­ties in Imo State during the last presidential and state elections and in a letter dated May 19, 2015, signed by then PDP Na­tional Secretary, Prof Wale Ola­dipo, requested him to appear before it, a summon which he shunned before he voluntarily relinquished the BoT chairman­ship position.
However, the current leader­ship of the party led by Ahmed Makarfi had two week ago cleared Chief Anenih of the al­legations, informing him of the party’s withdrawal of the sum­mon notice.
Reacting to this development yesterday, Sheriff in a statement by one his stakeholders, Hon Bernard Mikko, pointed out that following his non-response to his query, his resignation re­mains valid.
He said: “The attention of the National Working Com­mittee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has been drawn to the status of Chief Tony Anenin as a member of Board of Trustees (BoT) of the PDP.
“Party members and loyal­ists will recall that the National Working Committee (NWC) issued a query to Chief Tony Anenih in April 2015 as part of disciplinary procedures for his anti party activities in Imo State during the 2015 General Elec­tions in line with Article 57(4) of the PDP Constitution 2012 (as amended). Chief Anenih did not respond to the query but chose to tender a letter of resignation as BoT member. Up till date, the query remains unanswered and his resignation remains valid.
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