Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator Pius Anyim, has said that he will contest for the Presidency in 2023 whether the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) zones it to the South-East or not.
Anyim made the declaration on Saturday in an interview with journalists in Abuja.
The Former Senate President said that the party’s national convention would signal the commencement of political activities in the party, adding it was ample time to indicate interest.
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According to Anyim, “Posters of my presidential bid and agitations by groups for me to contest flooded the social media in 2020 and I disassociated myself from such calls.
“I felt that it was too early for such declarations to enable the present administration to concentrate on governance.
“Such calls resurfaced in the early part of 2021 and I choose to be quiet over the issue.
“We presently have less than 18 months to the next elections and I feel the time was ripe to indicate my interest.”
He noted that the zoning committee constituted by the party was only saddled with zoning party positions and not elective positions ahead of 2023.
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“Zoning of such positions was deferred but nothing stops anyone from the southeast zone from contesting the presidency even if it was not zoned to it.
“The most important thing is that the party’s national convention is a sort of rebirth for a group of people who have recovered from a setback.
“The party members are presently focussed and determined to reclaim power with one spirit,” he added.
Anyim said that despite the party’s seeming infraction with its former Chairman, Uche Secondus, he remained a friend to several members.
“Secondus is particularly my friend and many other members of the party, and we do not have any problem with him,” he said.