I am running for Governor of Rivers State – Abe

Wed, Oct 3, 2018 | By publisher


Politics

Magnus Abe, a senator representing Rivers State, has debunked social media reports claiming that he knelt down to beg Rotimi Amaechi, the minister of Transportation, to allow him a ticket to return to the Senate during a meeting of select party leaders in Abuja recently.

A statement by the Senator Magnus Abe media office obtained by Realnews categorically denied the purported claim, saying it was a deliberate effort misinform and divert attention from the reality on ground. Rather, the media outfit of the senator insisted that Abe will be gunning for the governorship election of Rivers State next year.

“Let it be on record that distinguished Senator Magnus Abe remains the governorship candidate of the APC in Rivers State following the mandate freely given to him by members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, during last Sunday’s gubernatorial primary election in the state.

“There was no such meeting in the first place, and if such a meeting ever held, Abe was not privy to it and nobody can be in such a meeting in his stead.

“The one thing presently occupying the mind of distinguished Senator Abe is to actualise his ambition as governor of Rivers State through a peaceful, acceptable and constitutional means come 2019 in order to deliver democratic dividend to Rivers people and transform the state into an enviable haven of industrialization and attract real investment,” the statement said.

Besides, it said further: “Senator Abe is resolute and firm to the mandate of the people of Rivers State and nothing less.”

In his twitter handle this morning Abe himself wrote: “As a Christian, my knees are exclusively for the Almighty God. Those who fear God cannot kneel before man. Our struggle is based on our faith in God and His promise of freedom for the oppressed.

“I bought the form for governor, and I am running for the office of governor. Relax ladies and gentlemen, keep faith and work hard. Our struggle has just begun and our day of Glory shall surely come.”

The said report by had said in attendance at the meeting were Abe himself, Amaechi, Adams Oshiomhole, the national chairman of the APC, and select members of the party’s National Working Committee.

– Oct. 3, 2018 @ 15:45 GMT |

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