Former Senate President, Senator Anyim Pius, has described the suspension of some leaders including himself of the Peoples Democratic Party, by its National Working Committee, as an act of cowardice on soft targets while afraid of those that daily demonise them.
Senator Anyim also said that many members of the PDP intentionally and proudly worked against the party including members of the NWC.
The former Senate President who is responding to his suspension and other party chieftains in a statement stated, “It is clear that arising from the leadership style of the NWC, many members, intentionally and proudly, worked against the party including members of the NWC.
“Therefore, it is a display of innate cowardice for NWC to choose soft targets to suspend and fear those that daily demonise them.
Recall the NWC of the PDP suspended the former Secretary to Government of Federation alongside former Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose; Prof. Dennis Ityavyar, Benue, and Dr Aslam Aliyu, Zamfara, among others.
However, referred Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State to its National Disciplinary Committee over alleged anti-party activities.
The former federal scribe noted that he thought the concern of the NWC now would be 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 adding that the action of the NWC is disappointing.
He further remarked that “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 colossal loss in the 2023 general elections, thereby dashing the hopes and expectations of party members and indeed Nigerians.
“It is difficult to explain why the NWC is in a hurry to suspend leaders of the party without recourse to a fair hearing, without which their action is null and void.”
On the Ebonyi State governorship election, the former parliamentarian accused the NWC of the PDP, imposing a candidate from the sitting governor’s zone, violating the zoning arrangement in the state.
He maintained that “The NWC imposed a candidate from the sitting Governor’s zone, contrary to the zoning formula in the state. Every effort to let the NWC see reason fell on deaf ears.
He further explained that “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 though I did not attend the Ebonyi rally.
While advising the party he expected that the NWC should reverse itself in the interest of the party adding that it may wish to know that he is proud to have supported the APC Gubernatorial candidate in Ebonyi State to win the election because that conforms to the equitable formula in Ebonyi State.
