Senator Anyim Pius Anyim, former Senate President and Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), has officially joined the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The prominent former member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was formally received into the APC on Saturday during the party’s rally at the Abakaliki Stadium in the Southeast.
The national chairman of the APC, Abdullahi Ganduje, welcomed Anyim along with other stakeholders from the Southeast. The event saw attendance from top party officials, including Imo State Governor Hope Uzodinma and other governors and stalwarts of the party.
Minister of Works and Transport, Engr. David Umahi, commented on the defection, noting Anyim’s previous support for the APC during the 2023 general election.
He said, “To our Son and my friend, the former Senate President of Nigeria, you have been one of the people that encouraged me to join APC but then I refused, saying it would distract me. I’m sorry that when I joined APC, I did it without you. During the general election, Anyim worked for APC, but today you are officially joining the party.”
Earlier, APC Chairman in Ebonyi State, Chief Stanley Okoro Emegha, had disclosed his efforts in persuading Anyim to join the party, citing his wealth of experience and leadership qualities.
Emegha remarked, “I took it personal to be going to him on the need to join us because it would not be possible for the entire southeast to be negotiating without a man like him. I am a fulfilled person today because I have seen APC posters bearing his name and image at our rally. It is because of his exigencies that he is not here today. I have made frantic and personal efforts and met him in Abuja on the need to join us because of his wealth of experience. He is such a wonderful personality, and there is no way you can put his picture in our APC rally program without his consent. He has already confirmed to be part of APC, and that is why his picture is allowed in our program today.”
Emegha concluded, “I stand here to announce that Senator Anyim Pius Anyim is a member of APC. He is not only an APC member but a stakeholder in APC. By the 14th of next month, you will see that he is not only a stakeholder of APC in Ebonyi State, but he is a stakeholder in the entire southeast of APC.”