Oshiomhole admitted in a personal statement that, although politics may have separated them, Anenih “was, indeed a political colossus.
Paul Osuyi, Asaba, with agency report
National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress and former governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomhole, said he received news of the death of Chief Tony Anenih with “heavy heart”.
Oshiomhole admitted in a personal statement that, although politics may have separated them, Anenih “was, indeed a political colossus. Nothing affected our personal relationship. Whatever public disagreement we might have had, I am consoled that we both reconciled at the church altar after he announced his retirement from partisan politics.
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“It is a measure of his generosity of spirit that, when I announced my interest in the chairmanship of APC earlier this year, he wrote a letter of endorsement, where he expressed absolute confidence in my ability to inspire APC to greater heights. His explicit support was not just in an objective appreciation of my ability but, also, in solidarity as fellow Edo man.
“We may have disagreed in terms of methodology, but, there is no denying that, deep in his heart, was a commitment to see the progress of the nation at large, and his native Edo, in particular. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and political associates at this sorrowing moment.”