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Akinwande Soji-Ojo
President Bola Tinubu met with former Senate President, Anyim Pius Anyim, at the Presidential Villa, on Wednesday.
Anyim, a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation under President Goodluck Jonathan, met with Tinubu alongside former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Olisah Metuh.
In 2022, Anyim declared his intention to run for President on the PDP’s ticket.
The party later suspended Anyim in March 2023, for alleged anti-party activity when he supported the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ebonyi State, Francis Nwifuru.
Meanwhile, Metuh publicly resigned from the PDP and partisan politics in October 2022.
In his letter dated October 25, 2022 and addressed to the party’s National Chairman, Metuh premised his decision on medical grounds.
Speaking to newsmen, Anyim said amidst other heart-to-heart discussions, Wednesday’s visit was mainly to encourage and congratulate the president on his inauguration and the successes he has so far achieved.
“It was a great honour to pay courtesy to the President and congratulate him, first and foremost, for his successful inauguration as the 16th President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and also to encourage and congratulate him for the bold he has taken so far.
“We had a whole lot of heart-to-heart discussions, but primarily, it’s to congratulate him,” Anyim said
