I can’t be sponsored by anyone as guber candidate ― Sen Anyanwu

•says APC days are numbered

The PDP governorship candidate in Imo state, Senator Samuel Nnaemeka Anyanwu has said that he can not be used or sponsored by anyone.

This was made known via a statement by Special Adviser (Media) to the governorship candidate, Ikenna Onuoha, while debunking a misleading and mischievous story on social media and in some quarters that he is being sponsored in the November 11, 2023 election.

“Following this fake news, our phones were inundated with calls by well-meaning Nigerians, who in their curiosity sought to ascertain the veracity or authenticity of the story.

“For the avoidance of doubt, this story is not only false, baseless, and misleading, but a brazen concoction garnished by individuals already afraid of PDP and its governorship candidate to deceive the general public.

“What the peddlers of this falsehood forgot is that, in 2019, Senator Anyanwu ran for governorship election when the person purportedly sponsoring him today was also in the race.

“The questions are; who sponsored Senator Anyanwu in the 2019 Governorship poll if, in their mischievous imagination, he can be sponsored today? Whose interest was the PDP guber candidate protecting as far back as 2019 when some of those championing the fake news today were struggling to be relevant?

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“We wish to put the records straight that it is only a failure, a nonentity and a push-over that can be sponsored as a governorship candidate to destabilize the position of Ndi-Imo and not Senator Anyanwu who represents the minds of every average Imo person.

“To show his capacity and preparedness to achieve this, Senator Anyanwu presented and released an abridged version of his manifesto to the public a few minutes after his emergence as Imo PDP governorship standard bearer; a feat only he and PDP can undertake when others are still hoping to steal from people’s strategic initiatives.

“It is also obvious that peddlers of this uncharitable and divisive venom are jittery about the unity of purpose in PDP as a party which led to the adoption of a consensus option that culminated in the election of Senator Anyanwu as the standard bearer of the party,” the statement read.

Furthermore, it stated, “Imo people and the general public are advised to ignore the fake news, and be assured that APC days in our society are numbered.”

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