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From Chijioke Agwu, Abakaliki
Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator Anyim Pius Anyim, Friday told the National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic party (PDP) that he had no regrets whatsoever supporting the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ebonyi State in last week’s election.
Anyim explained that he was compelled to support the APC candidate because the NWC blindly imposed a gubernatorial candidate from Ebonyi South Senatorial district where the outgoing governor, Umahi, hails from.
He stated that the imposition of a southern candidate on the state negated the principle of power rotation in the state. The former Senate President spoke while reacting to his recent suspension by the NWC of the party.
He said he was disappointed that rather than embark on self-introspection to ascertain the reasons for the party’s poor performance in the just concluded general elections, the party was in a hurry to suspend some of its leaders. He argued that his purported suspension was null and void, arguing that he was not given a fair hearing by the party before suspending him.
“It smacks of arrogance for the NWC to put up a bold face instead of showing remorse and being sober for leading the party to such colossal loss in the 2023 general elections, thereby dashing the hopes and expectations of party members and indeed Nigerians.
“It is clear that arising from the leadership style of the NWC, many members, intentionally and proudly, worked against the party including members of the NWC. Therefore, it is a display of innate cowardice for NWC to choose soft targets to suspend and fear those that daily demonize them.
“It is difficult to explain why the NWC is in a hurry to suspend leaders of the party without recourse to fair hearing, without which their action is null and void,” he stated.
