By; MKPUMA ENYINNA, Abakaliki
Ahead of the 2023 gubernatorial election in Ebonyi State, a former Senate President who also served as Secretary to Government of Federation (SGF), Sen. Anyim Pius Anyim has declared support for the gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Francis Ogbonna Nwifuru to emerge as the next executive governor of the state.
Senator Anyim while speaking to newsmen during a town hall meeting at his country home, Amagu Ishiagu, Ivo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, said that he believes in zoning and rotation of political positions to all parts of the state, hence his support for the APC gubernatorial candidate, Francis Ogbonna Nwifuru, who hails from Ebonyi North senatorial zone.
“I believe in zoning, I believe in rotation, it is the turn of Ebonyi North and the candidate is APC candidate,” Senator Anyim explained.
It is worthy to note that Anyim Pius Anyim is a staunch member of the People’s Democratic Party who served as a one time Senate President and also as a former Secretary to the Government of Nigeria.
He was one of the PDP Presidential aspirants in the just concluded 2023 Presidential Primaries in Nigeria.