My audience with Babangida, Abdulsalami has 'firised' my 2023 presidential ambition - Anyim . Says presidency should go to S'East

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My audience with Babangida, Abdulsalami has ‘firised’ my 2023 presidential ambition – Anyim

. Says presidency should go to S’East

By Steve Oko

Former President of the Senate and a one-time Secretary to the Federal Government, Senator Anyim Pius Anyim, has said that his private audience with two former Nigerian Heads of State, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida (retd.); and Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar; had rekindled his 2023 presidential bid.

The former Senate President who disclosed this on his Facebook page was in Mina, Niger State where he was hosted by the duo.

Anyim wrote on his Facebook page: “I met with former President Ibrahim Babangida and former Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar. I consulted with them on my intention to contest for the presidency of our beloved country. Both leaders are rich in vision and deep in the grasp of our history. They were generous with their wise counsels.

“I am further emboldened in the conviction that I can make significant contributions in our collective quest to consolidate democracy, build a stronger and more united Nigeria.

“I feel very enriched and invigorated. Long live Nigeria.”

Anyim is seen in many quarters as a political Messiah in view of his political antecedents.

In another development, the PDP Presidential Aspirant said that no section of the country can win the presidency without the support of other zones.

He explained that though the quest for a president of Igbo extraction is not a legal right but an equitable one, it must be pursued with vigorous persuasion and consensus building with other regions. He said: “The other angle to this perspective is, whether zoning the presidency to the southeast geo-political zone is a legal right, the answer is no, but morally, there is a merit in such a demand. This expectation canvases that the federal character principle has assumed a legal backing.

“Just like the rotation of the presidency is not captured in the Constitution, neither is the geo-political zoning arrangement.”

Senator Anyim called on the group which is advocating for a power shift to the southeast to double its effort by strategically engaging other Nigerians through advocacy and dialogue on the need for power to shift to the southeast, adding that in democracy, power is not given in the asking but through deliberate and strategic engagement for mass support.

Anyim further stated that the journey of building an equitable society is usually a challenging and tough one but many nations have arrived safely and Nigeria, he said, must continue to deepen and consolidate the gains of democracy to meet the yearnings and aspirations of all Nigerians.

Senator Anyim is one of the presidential aspirants from South East that enjoys wider support among the people.

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