…Support group says act unacceptable
Former Senate President, Senator Anyim Pius Anyim is protesting the absence of list of delegates from Ebonyi State among the list of delegates from other states of the Federation, for the National convention of party scheduled to hold on the 28th and 29th of May, 2022 in Abuja, warning that disenfranchisement would fundamentally affect Peoples Democratic Party, PDP primaries.
In an open letter of concern issued on Friday, 27th May 2022 and addressed to Prof Iyorchia Ayu, National Chairman of the PDP and Sen. David Mark, Chairman of the PDP Special Convention, Anyim lamented that he had gone through the list of delegates from other states and the FCT but could not find that of Ebonyi State delegates.
Sen. Anyim noted with dismay, that despite assurances by the National Organising Secretary of the Party that, what he called ‘technical error’ would be rectified, the problem remained as at 12 noon on Friday 27th May.
The letter titled “Open Letter on the Absence of Ebonyi State Delegates List” signed by Sam Nwaobasi, Special Adviser to Sen. Anyim Pius Anyim, reads:
“The Chairman may recall that during the meeting of Presidential aspirants and the Special Convention Committee held on the 26th day of May 2022 at the Legacy House, that the entire delegates list for all the states were presented to each of the aspirants.
“On an examination of the list, I discovered that the Ebonyi State delegates list was not included. On inquiry from the National Organizing Secretary, he informed me that there was a technical error and it will be corrected today.
“As at the time of writing this letter i.e12 noon 27th/05/2022, I have no clue about the fate of the delegates from Ebonyi State.
“The purpose of this letter is to alert all concerned that disenfranchising delegates from Ebonyi State or any state for that matter will fundamentally affect the election”, the open letter warned.
Reacting to this ugly development, the Anyim4Nigeria Movement, a frontline support group for the emergence of H.E Sen. Anyim Pius Anyim as the President of Nigeria come 2023Â condemned the omission of national delegates from Ebonyi State, the home state of HE Anyim Pius from the list of voting delegates for the May 28/29th Presidential Primary election of the PDP.
In a statement signed by Dr. Laz Ude Eze, National Coordinator and Dr. David Ogbonna, Spokesperson, the support group said the ommited delegates “are primary voters of our Principal and the omission is seen as an orchestrated effort to demoralise and reduce the chances of H.E Anyim Pius from clinching the presidential ticket.
“We call on the National Working Committee through the office of the National Organization Secretary (NOS) and the Special Convention Planning Committee to immediately correct this error to avoid potential unpleasant consequences on the presidential primary election.
“We also call on the national leadership of PDP to provide level playing field for the presidential aspirants. We thank all the delegates and stakeholders who have been supporting the Greater Nigeria project as we look forward to Sen. Anyim’s emergence as the PDP Presidential Candidate for the 2023 election.,” the statement reads.
