Tribune
Former President of the Senate and presidential aspirant, Pius Anyim, has blamed the present socio-economic problems besetting Nigeria on those who pulled out of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2013 and allegedly deceived Nigerians.
Speaking at a consultative meeting with PDP leaders across the six geo-political zones of the country in Abuja at the weekend, he maintained that the defectors’ action brought the All Progressives Congress (APC), which he observed, has since plunged the nation into untold hardship.
He, therefore, warned the main opposition party not to repeat the mistake of that year.
Recall that dissatisfied with events in the party, former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, and then governors of Adamawa, Kwara, Sokoto, Jigawa, Kano, Rivers and Niger States had walked out of the party’s national convention and later joined forces with the APC.
Ayim, who is one of the 17 individuals seeking the ticket of the former ruling party, said: “In 2015, some of us in PDP, simply decided to pull out of PDP and bring that government down and we were plunged into darkness. That is why we are here.
“Let nobody confuse you. Let nobody mislead you. We were confused and misled in 2015. And that is why we are here. We now have an opportunity to come together and reinvent ourselves.
