The wife of Ondo state governor, Arabinrin Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu who is a native of Emebiam, Owerri-west Local Government Area of Imo State is set to join the race for the Imo East Senatorial seat.
It has been long speculated that with her many visits to Imo State (Owerri Zone), and her activities in the State, which have garnered her a couple of awards, including the prestigious “Ada Owere” and “Igolo Emeabiam 11”, she would aspire to a Political office in the Zone.
On Thursday. March 24, Anyanwu-Akeredolu confirmed her ambition to the Owerri-,East Senatorial seat at a meeting she held at her Igolo Abiam Plaza located along Wetheral Road, Owerri Municipal.
One of the reasons she decided to take this step, she disclosed, is her discomfort with the deterioration in the country. She said it is difficult for her to sit down and watch.
She decried the state of youths, their resort to drugs, especially, Mkpurumiri, and condemned the act of whipping them instead of rehabilitating them.
The Ondo First Lady said she was prepared and ready for the contest and assured the people of Imo East otherwise known as Owerri Zone that they would get the robust representation they desire and deserve from her.
On why she is angling for a senatorial seat in her state of origin instead of state of marriage, Anyanwu-Akeredolu said she is first and foremost an indigene of Imo State, an identity which marriage cannot erase.
She said; “I’m from Emebiam Community in Owerri West LGA of Imo State. And marriage cannot change that”.