DELTA South Senatorial District candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the coming 2019 general elections, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan, has described the death of Chief Tony Anenih whom he said was his father-figure as painful.
In a statement signed by his media aide, Monoyo Edon, and made available to journalists in Warri, Delta State, Dr Uduaghan lamented that the exit of Anenih has further depleted the number of nationalists remaining in the country.
“I have just received the sad news of the death of one of Nigeria’s greatest nationalists, Chief Tony Anenih.
“His passing is a painful reminder that the pool of our committed nationalist leaders is depleting.
“Chief Anenih was like a father-figure to me privately and on my political sojourn. He gave me the privilege of his listening ears in troubled and in good times.
“I shall forever cherish the very good memories we shared together, he was my run-to adviser who threw his doors open to me, even at short notice.
“I generously tapped from his wealth of experience and I am the better for it today.
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“His death may be painful, but I thank God for the selfless life he lived and the legacies, worth emulating by all patriots, that he left behind.
“I pray that the Almighty God grant his soul eternal rest and the Anenih’s family the fortitude to bear irreparable loss,” the former governor of Delta State noted.