The former Governor of Imo State, Rt. Hon. Emeka Ihedioha, on Monday declared support for Senator Samuel Anyanwu, who was nominated the consensus candidate of the Southeast for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Secretary, at the party’s National Convention scheduled for 30th and 31st of October 2021. The former lawmaker cleared the air that he is not opposed to the nomination of Anyanwu as southeast consensus candidate for the PDP national secretary.
Ihedioha in a statement by his Media Aide, Chibuike Onyeukwu, declared that the report that he is averse to the nomination of Senator Samuel Anyanwu as the consensus candidate of the Southeast for the National Secretary of PDP is false.
According to him, “the information is entirely misleading and should be disregarded.”
The statement indicated: “It is noteworthy that Rt. Hon Ihedioha, last Friday, had a meeting with Senator Anyanwu shortly after Thursday’s meeting of critical stakeholders of the PDP Southeast, held in Enugu.
“Rt. Hon. Ihedioha extended hand of fellowship and assured Senator Anyanwu of his support, that of Imo PDP and, indeed, his friends and associates across the country to emerge as National Secretary at the Convention and to succeed in office.
“Let all issues, therefore be rested and nobody should play politics with it as it is not an issue in contest.”
According to the statement: “Senator Anyanwu is neither the problem of Imo PDP nor that of our state. We know our problem.
“Imo PDP remains a united family driven by a common purpose. Any attempt by fifth columnists to cause disaffection, especially among its leaders will not succeed.”