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Former representative of Rivers South-East senatorial district at the National Assembly, Senator Magnus Ngei Abe has declared his interest to contest for the governorship seat of Rivers state on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), come 2023.
Abe made the declaration in Gokana Local Government Area on Sunday, following the inauguration of Bola Ahmed Tinubu (BAT) Vanguard Excos in B-Dere Community, Rivers state.
Abe said any cooked-up plan that avoids a clean, clear and credible process in order to exclude him from clinching the governorship ticket of the APC, as well as deny the teeming members of the party in the state from choosing their preferred candidate would definitely fail.
He stressed that the Transportation Minister, Chibuike Amaechi cannot anoint a candidate for the Brick House, adding that only Rivers people have the power to choose who becomes governor of the state.
Abe, who mocked a recent pact taken by governorship aspirants seeking a riverine governor, said such arrangements would not work.
He said, “I heard that some people gathered to say they are gubernatorial candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC); they have reached a pact, that it is a riverine governor and that they have agreed to whatever they said, did you see me there? Will it work? We all know that it is not going to work.
