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Elder statesman and former chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees BOT, Chief Tony Anenih has asked the court-reinstated national chairman of the party, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff to make sure that the party did not die in his hands.
THISDAY gathered from a reliable source that Anenih advised Sheriff and his loyalists who had a closed-door meeting in his house on Friday that he should utilise the opportunity available to him to reach out to all aggrieved members so as to rebuild and reunite the party.
Although both Anenih and Sheriff failed to give details of what transpired during their less than 30 minutes meeting when Journalists posed questions to them, it was learnt that the chief offered what could be regarded as hard choices for a return of peace.
However, when asked to shed more light on his discussions with Sheriff, the former Minister of Works and Housing, said, "I have spoken to my son and he will carry out my advice". When prodded further, Anenih said that he would not disclose the issues since "it is a family matter"
On his part, Sheriff said his team has had a very fruitful deliberations with the former BoT chairman, adding that he has offered suggestions on what should done to rebuild the PDP.
"Anenih is not just a former PDP BoT member, he is a leader in Nigeria. This PDP we are enjoying today and everybody is claiming, if there are two founding fathers, he will be among them. I came to consult him, I came to inform him about the situation we are in and he as the father who founded this party should be able to guide and advise us on how we restore the party to its 1999 status.