Former Chairman of the Board of
Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Tony Anenih, has
advised his party men in the National Assembly not to take part in what
he described as an ill-advised adventure” of removing President
Muhammadu Buhari from office.
In a four-page letter written to the
Chairman of the party’s National Caretaker Committee, Senator Ahmed
Makarfi, the party leader urged him to persuade the PDP caucus in the
National Assembly against participating in the plot aimed at removing
President Muhammadu Buhari from office at least for now.
Anenih said he was persuaded by the
fact that the time was neither right nor the reasons compelling enough
to contemplate the impeachment of the President.
He urged him to personally lead the
process of consultation with PDP members in the National Assembly with a
view to getting them to play a patriotic, rather than partisan, role at
this time of national economic and social uncertainty.
The letter reads: “I am constrained to
write this letter by my love for our great country and my long years of
involvement in the pursuit of peace, co-existence and national
development.
“I am concerned about the noises
coming out of the National Assembly to the effect that some of our
distinguished Senators and Honourable Members are contemplating a move
to impeach the President.
“I feel even more disturbed that the
PDP Caucus is being rumoured to be actively involved in this plan to “go
for the jugular” of the Executive. The rumoured role of the PDP Caucus
is, indeed, the main reason I have chosen to write this letter to you.
“I wish to appeal to you to use your
noble office as the Chairman of the Caretaker Committee of our great
party to dissuade our party members, in the National Assembly, from
embarking on or participating in this ill-advised adventure. I am
persuaded, Sir, that the time is neither right nor the reasons
compelling enough to contemplate the impeachment of the President.
The former PDP scribe said though he
was not doubting that the National Assembly may have its grouse against
the President, but that he feels the options of consultation, dialogue
and negotiation have not yet been exhausted.
“We should all assist in persuading
our members to persevere in the pursuit of these options. I do not
believe an attempt at impeachment, at this time, is in the best
interests of the party, or the country. Such a move will create tension,
instability and even crisis in our body-politic. It will unleash all
those fissiparous forces which, in the last few months, have begun to
gain momentum.
“Fundamentally, as the main opposition party, I believe the PDP should
concern itself with an inward review of why Nigerians lost faith in us
and in our party’s vision for Nigeria; our focus should therefore be on
trying to figure out how we can once again regain this trust.”
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