Anyim meets Tinubu after dumping PDP for APC

President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday received former Senate President, Pius Anyim, who recently defected from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

Speaking to State House correspondents after his presentation to Mr Tinubu by the Chairperson of the Progressives Governors’ Forum (PGF), Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State, Mr Anyim said he defected because the country was facing challenges, which required collaboration.

“The country is passing through turbulent times and it is the duty of all patriots to ensure a peaceful atmosphere,” he said.

Mr Anyim defected from PDP to APC in Abakaliki, Ebonyi during the grand finale of the APC Local Government Election Campaign on Saturday.

The National Chairperson of the APC, Abdullahi Ganduje, Governor. Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi State, Minister of Works, David Umahi, Ebonyi State Chairman of the APC, Stanley Meghan, and other party chieftains were on hand to receive him.

Mr Umahi commended Mr Anyim for all the support he gave to APC during the 2023 elections, adding that it was only right he formally joined the party.

The minister thanked President Tinubu for all the support given to him when he faced legal battles after joining the party.

He said, ”President Tinubu called me to come and see him, and when I came, he carried me in his car personally to meet a Senior Advocate of Nigeria who handled our case.”

Mr Anyim, who served as the 9th president of the Senate from 2000 to 2003, was Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) during Goodluck Jonathan’s presidency.

He was elected senator on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 1999 for the Ebonyi South Senatorial District and was elected President of the Senate in August 2000.

(NAN)