PDP Secretary: South-East Picks Sam Anyanwu As Consensus Candidate

Former enator Samuel Anyanwu has emerged as the consensus candidate of the South-East zone for the position of national secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Chief Ali Odefa, the national vice chairman of the South-East PDP, announced this in a statement on Friday.

Recall that the Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi-led zoning committee had recommended the swapping of National Working Committee offices between the North and South ahead of the October 31 national convention of the party.

Consequently, the committee had zoned the position of national chairman to the North, while it zoned the position of national secretary to the Southeastern part of the country.

Odefa said by reaching a consensus on Anyanwu, the South-East PDP has “once again put its detractors who thought that the fortunes of the party will be destabilized by the ceding of the plum position to the zone.”

He added that, “Despite the desperation of political jobbers and power mongers who have adopted all manner of undemocratic moves to lure away our members, the Southeast remains a stronghold of the PDP and we assure our teeming members and supporters that our great party remains strong, firm, on ground and poised for victory as the 2023 general elections approaches.”

Anyanwu  represented the Imo East Senatorial District of Imo State in the 8th  Senate.