Senator Anyim Pius Anyim, former Senate President, has asked Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike to examine his record and refresh his memory over claims that he (Anyim) fought in 2019 to prevent Peter Obi from becoming the Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential running mate (PDP).
Anyim stated in a statement released to the media on Thursday that Governor Wike must have misidentified him as another Anyim because he never opposed Obi’s candidacy or attended meetings where opposition to his nomination was discussed.
Governor Wike previously stated that he was fought by people such as former Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu, Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi, and Anyim – former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) – over his support for Obi in 2019.
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In a media conference with selected journalists in Port Harcourt on Wednesday, Wike accused Obi of being ungrateful, recalling how he (Wike) chose him to be Atiku Abubakar’s running mate in 2019.
In response to Wike, Anyim claimed he would have ignored what he called the Rivers State Governor’s “misspeak” if it hadn’t been for the need to set the record straight.
Anyim said that “It is my wish for Gov. Wike to refresh his memory, re-collect and re-confirm the folliowing: That the PDP presidential primaries of 2019 held in Port Harcourt and I did not attend.
“That after Gov. Peter Obi’s nomination as running mate raised some dust in the South East, PDP Governors and Party leaders from the South East met on the matter in Sen. Ekweremadu’s home in Enugu. I was not at that meeting.
“Thereafter, the Presidential Candidate, H/E Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, held a town hall meeting with PDP leaders from the South East at Nike Lake hotel Enugu. I did not also attend that meeting.
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“I want to state clearly, for Gov. Wike’s recollection, that I did not and never shared any view with him on any candidate in 2019; neither his own candidate, who then was Gov. Aminu Tambuwal nor H/E Alhaji Atiku Abubakar who won the Primaries, talkless of Gov. Peter Obi.
“I did not know how Gov. Peter Obi emerged as PDP Vice Presidential Candidate and I never cared to ask but maintained a stand that the reaction that followed his nomination would also have happened to any other person from the South East.
“Gov. Wike may need to confirm from Gov. Peter that from the beginning to the end of the 2019 elections, he enjoyed my encouragement and goodwill.
“The purpose of this clarification is to keep the records straight and to reconfirm to Gov. Wike that he is mistaken if the Plus Anyim he referred to is my humble self. This is for the records please.”
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