A former Senate President Anyim Pius Anyim has hit out at the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party headed by Ityorcha Ayu for suspending him and others, saying it is an act of cowardice to make them the scapegoats for the party’s colossal failure in the 2023 general elections.
Anyim, Governor Samuel Prtom and former Governor Ayo Fayose were suspended by the National Working Committee of the PDP for anti-party activities during the last elections.
Anyim said members of the NWC of the PDP should rather hide their faces in shame for leading the party to defeat in the presidential and other elections and should have busy themselves with how to move the party forward, rather than further dividing it
He said in a statement that partly read, “The action of the NWC is, to say the least, disappointing. I thought the concern of the NWC now would be how to undertake a thorough self-examination on why they performed so poorly in the general elections rather than seek to further divide the party by shifting blame.
“It smacks of arrogance for the NWC to put up a bold face instead of showing remorse and being sober for leading the party to such a colossal loss in the 2023 general elections, thereby dashing the hopes and expectations of party members and indeed Nigerians.”
The party chieftain also accused some members of the NWC of working against the party in the election.
He stated, “It is clear that arising from the leadership style of the NWC, many members intentionally and proudly worked against the party, including members of the NWC. Therefore, it is a display of innate cowardice for the NWC to choose soft targets to suspend and fear those who daily demonise the party.
