A former Senate President, Sen. Pius Anyim, has described as ‘regrettable’ responded to his suspension by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for suspected anti-party actions by calling the Party’s National Working Committee (NWC).
The PDP dismissed Sen. Pius Anyim and other notable figures, including a former Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose, Prof. Dennis Ityavyar and Aslam Aliyu, on Thursday, in response to the party’s defeat in several states during the recently concluded gubernatorial election.
However, Pius Anyim justified his backing of Franis Nwifuru, the All Progressives Congress (APC), candidate for governor of Ebonyi State who ultimately defeated the PDP’s Ifeanyi Odii, in a statement, on Friday.
Anyim said that the Iyorchia Ayu-led NWC forced a candidate from the zone of the outgoing governor, in violation of the state’s zoning mechanism, and that all attempts to get the NWC to see reason were met with resistance.
He expressed his hope that the NWC will change its mind in the party’s best interests.
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“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 said.
“The NWC may wish to know that I am proud to have supported the APC Gubernatorial candidate in Ebonyi State to win the election because that conforms to the equitable formular in Ebonyi State.”
“On the day the party’s presidential rally was held in Ebonyi State, I told Dr. Ayu that I was boycotting the rally because I cannot support the candidate they imposed on Ebonyi State.
“Dr. Ayu did nothing. He did not care even as I did not attend the Ebonyi rally.”