The wife of Ondo State governor, Mrs. Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu, is seeking to represent Imo East Senatorial District next year.
She has got the backing of some groups, including the Coalition of South East Youth Leaders (COSEYL), which is canvassing support for her to realise her ambition.
In a statement yesterday in Owerri, the Imo State capital, COSEYL President General Goodluck Ibem said Mrs. Anyanwu-Akeredolu’s ambition to represent her people at the Red Chambers “is borne out of her genuine concern and compassion for her people who trained and nurtured her in school before giving her out in marriage”.
He added: “It is only a good daughter of the soil who has the interest of her people at heart that will remember her place of birth. This bold step by our daughter has shown that she is not an efulafu (a child that has lost direction).
“Women of her kind are not easy to come by in a generation. She is a special women sent by God to be a blessing to her people and we are grateful to God for touching her to make herself available to serve humanity.
“As a woman who has the interest of her people at heart, despite being married in Ondo State, she attracted the construction of a 10.5-kilometre road worth N1.6 billion from Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) and it is currently under construction. What a woman of good heart and virtue.”
