Blessing Iruoma, Port Harcourt
Governorship aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, Sen. Magnus Abe, has warned members of the party in the state against choosing the wrong governorship candidate, in order not to regret for another eight years.
The former representative of the Rivers East Senatorial District said if he is voted-in as governor of the state come 2023, that he will form a government that will serve all Rivers people.
Abe stated this at the Captain Elechi Amadi Polytechnic, Port Harcourt, while addressing APC members during a consultation visit to stakeholders in Port Harcourt City and Obio/Akpor Local Government Areas of the state.
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Abe said, “When you are in the kind of position that we are in, in APC Rivers State, you need to think differently. You cannot think the same way and do the same thing and expect anything different.
“I will tell you people a story of what happened here in Rivers State when PDP was out of government. Everybody was running around shouting, it is riverine, it is Kalabari.
“Mrs Patience Jonathan was the President’s wife and she was from Okrika; do you know who she gave the PDP governorship ticket to? Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, an Ikwerre man who was just coming after another Ikwerre man has governed the state.
“Why did they do that? Because they looked around and put away sentiments. They put away the disagreements amongst them and looked for somebody who could deliver the killer-punch that will land them in the Brick House. They picked Wike and he delivered.
“Today, we in the All Progressives Congress, we are in a much worse position than PDP was then. Our situation is even worse; we have nothing.
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“No Senate, no this, no that, no money, no cohesion, no peace, no unity, no togetherness. We must look for somebody who can do what no other person will be able to do.”
He said his government will be a government of Rivers State that will serve all Rivers people irrespective of tribes, religion or political affiliation.
Abe said: “We shall form a government that will do what is right. A government that those who will serve in the government will serve you first before serving themselves.
“I came here today to remind you that I am one of you, I’m part of you. I have always been with you and will always be with you. When it is good or bad, I have always been there and will still be there. We need one another to succeed”.
Inaugurating the two groups of BATS Vanguard and Progressives Students Network (PSN) in Rivers State, Chief Tony Okocha, charged them to preach the good news of Tinubu and Abe to all the nooks and crannies of the state.
