Why I Was Suspended From PDP – Fmr. Senate President Ayim Pius Ayim

A former Senate President, Pius Anyim, has reacted to his suspension from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

KOKO TV reported that the National Working Committee (NWC) of the PDP, Thursday, suspended Mr Anyim alongside former governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose, and two others from the party.

The others also suspended were Dennis Ityavya from Benue State and Aslam Aliyu from Zamfara State.

Like other members who were also suspended, the PDP did not state Mr Anyim’s offences. But sources in the party had said the former Secretary to the Government of Federation and others were suspended for alleged anti-party activities.

The PDP had also asked Governor Samuel Ortom to appear before the party’s disciplinary committee over similar allegation.

Mr Anyim, a former presidential aspirant on the PDP, backed the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Ebonyi State, Francis Nwifuru, in the 18 March election against the PDP candidate, Ifeanyi Odii.

Mr Nwifuru won the election to become the governor-elect in the state.

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But reacting in a statement on Friday, Mr Anyim, said his suspension by the NWC of the PDP was “to say the least, disappointing.”

He stressed that the party ought to have concerned itself with how to undertake a “thorough self-examination on why they performed so poorly in the 2023 elections rather than seek to further divide the party by shifting blames.

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“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 a colossal loss in the 2023 elections, thereby dashing hopes and expectations of the party members and indeed Nigerians,” he stated.

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