Former Secretary to the federal government and Senate President Anyim Pius Anyim Thursday, denied knowledge to his presidential posters in Ebonyi state.
The posters tagged Progress 2023 has the picture of Anyim on it and has gone viral.
Blueprint learnt that the poster is championed by a group known as Nigerians Ask for Anyim with the following addresses on social media piusanyim2023 while www.nigeriaask4anyim.org and [email protected] is its website.
The Nigerians Ask for Anyim 2023 campaign organization is said to be a handwork of a former House of Reps member in the state.
Anyim who was a civil servant before joining politics became Senate President of the Senate in 1999.
In a statement signed and made available to Blueprint by the Senator, he denied authorizing such posters and described it has the handiwork of miscreants.
The statement reads in part, “My attention has been drawn to posters and stories circulating in the social media. One of them has the inscription “Progress 2023.. Ayim Pius Ayim for President…”with my picture on it. I want to state very emphatically that I do not have a hand in those posters or Campaign and did not authorize any such publications.
“As a law abiding citizen, I am fully aware that it is not time for Campaign for 2023 elections. The government at the federal level has spent only a year and seven months out of a four year term, grappling with the issues of governance and so should not be distracted.
“I enjoin the general public to disregard any such posters and or publications as they are not from me”.
