'It’s not APC’s fault PDP didn’t zone presidency to South-East'

Former Senate President Pius Anyim Pius has said the All Progressives Congress, APC, should not be blamed for the failure of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to zone its presidential ticket to the South-East in previous election cycles.

Anyim said the decision was informed partly by his belief that the South-East could only produce a president through alliances with other regions.

He spoke on Arise TV’s Prime Time on Monday while discussing the zoning arrangement that has eluded the South-East since the return to democratic rule in 1999.

The former Senate president said his political experience had convinced him that no South-East presidential candidate could succeed by relying solely on support from the region.

“If PDP had been honorable enough to zone to the South-East, it would have stimulated the necessary sentiments that will help us defeat any other candidate.