Anyim Pius Anyim has said the All Progressives Congress bears no responsibility for the Peoples Democratic Party's choice not to reserve its presidential ticket for the South-East, according to Vanguard News.
Anyim, a former Senate President, made the remark in comments reported by Vanguard News on Tuesday. His position places the decision squarely with the PDP, the party he previously served in high office, rather than with the ruling APC.
The statement speaks to the long-running argument over where Nigeria's presidency should go, and specifically to the expectation in the South-East that a major party would hand its ticket to the region. According to Vanguard News, Anyim's point is that the APC cannot be faulted for a call that belonged to the PDP.
The PDP's zoning decision has been a source of contention within the party and among political observers in the South-East, who have argued the region has waited its turn. Anyim's comments, as reported by Vanguard News, frame the matter as an internal PDP matter rather than something the APC engineered.
Anyim is a prominent political figure from the South-East and a former occupant of one of the country's highest legislative offices, which gives his assessment weight in the debate over the region's place in national politics.
What to watch next is whether the PDP responds to Anyim's remarks and whether the zoning dispute continues to shape the party's internal politics ahead of the next electoral cycle.
