Former President of the senate, Anyim Pius Ayim, has opened up on an alleged rift with former President Olusegun Obasanjo.
Speaking with Channels Television on Friday, Anyim said there are no grudges against Obasanjo.
He described the former President as one who has always remained focused and determined in his activities.
According to him: “I did not have any personal issue with (former) President Obasanjo,”
“President Obasanjo was a very outstanding President Nigeria ever had. President Obasanjo was focused and determined in all that he wanted to do.”
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He added: “We had a little disagreement and it was the National Assembly and the Executive; not Pius Anyim and (former) President Obasanjo.
“What brought about the problem was a motion moved by Senator Idris Abubakar from Gombe, it wasn’t a motion moved by me,”
“It was the action taken in the Senate that the former President was reacting to, and it was friction between National Assembly and the Executive.
“Of course, being the head of the legislature, I cannot run away from it; I was leading the legislature and he (Obasanjo) was leading the Executive on the other hand, but there was nothing personal.”
Anyim, who was the Senator representing Ebonyi South was said to have thwarted Obasanjo’s third term agenda.
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