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<\/p>\nJonathan in a statement issued by his Media Aide, Mr Ikechukwu Eze, on Monday condoled with the family of the late Anenih, who died Sunday at the age of 85, describing him as a patriot and mentor to many Nigerians.<\/p>\n
He described the death as the exit of the great nationalist and founding member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) which was a sad loss to the party and the nation.<\/p>\n
He said that the rich political experience, sincere patriotism and deep wisdom of late Anenih were qualities Nigerians still needed to cultivate for national cohesion, growth and development.<\/p>\n
The statement read: \u201cLate Chief Tony Anenih was a great asset to our dear nation.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor a long time, he remained a leading light in our party and in Nigeria\u2019s political firmament, charting the course for peace, unity and the entrenchment of true democracy in our nation.<\/p>\n
\u201cEven in old age and in retirement Chief Tony Anenih continued to inspire and mentor younger politicians as a demonstration of his deep commitment to Nigeria\u2019s growth and progress.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was indeed a leader with an exceptional knack for initiating well-considered strategies for political stability in the nation.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnenih served the country diligently in different capacities, distinguishing himself in the security systems, business, politics and peace-building.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnenih left a legacy of remarkable achievements through selfless service to humanity and deep commitment to peace, democracy, party loyalty and national unity.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe prayed God Almighty to provide succour to his family members, the government, people of Edo and others who mourn, and grant his soul eternal rest.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has reacted to the death of Chief Tony Anenih who was reported dead on Sunday. Jonathan in a statement issued by his Media Aide, Mr Ikechukwu Eze, on Monday condoled with the family of the late Anenih, who died Sunday at the age of 85, describing him as a patriot and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13223,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[4384],"class_list":["post-56620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-politics","tag-gudluck-jonathan"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=56620"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56620\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=56620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=56620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=56620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}