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From Chijioke Agwu, Abakaliki
Former Senate President, Chief Pius Anyim, has said that he will contest for the Presidency in 2023 whether the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) zoned it to the South-East zone or not.
Anyim made the declaration on Saturday in Abuja on the sideline of the on going PDP national convention.
The Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation(SGF) stated that the conclusion of the party’s national convention would signal the commencement of political activities in the party, noting time has come for him to indicate interest.
He noted that he denied interest for the position in 2020 because he felt that it was not time to do so.
He commended Nigerians from all parts of the country for calling on him to come and rescue the nation in 2023.
He said “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 concentrate on governance…
