Ivo, Ebonyi state – The All Progressive Congress (APC) chairman in Ebonyi state, Chief Stanley Okoro Emegha, said the former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator Anyim Pius Anyim, has agreed to join the ruling party.
Emegha said Anyim, who is also a former Senate President will officially join the APC on the 14th of July, 2024.
He claimed that was the reason Anyim’s pictures were used in the APC rally for local government and councilorship elections in Ivo on Saturday, June 29, The Nation reports.
Anyim is from the Ivo LGA of Ebonyi state.
The APC chairman described Anyim as a critical stakeholder of the ruling party.
He disclosed that he met with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Leader in Abuja and asked him to join the APC because of his wealth of experience.
Meanwhile, TimesNow.com.ng reported that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu met with Anyim and a one-time spokesman of the opposition PDP, Olisa Metuh in Abuja.
Both Anyim and Metuh arrived together at the presidential villa at noon on Wednesday, July 5th, and went straight to the president’s office.
The meeting coincides with the period Tinubu is about to submit the list of ministerial nominees to the senate for screening
Source: TimesNow.com.ng
