Abe joins Rivers gov’ship race
The senator representing Rivers South-East, Sen. Magnus Abe, has declared his intention to contest for the governorship of Rivers State in the 2019 general elections on the platform of APC. He made the declaration yesterday while unveiling his liaison office in Port Harcourt.
Abe said his intention to contest for the seat on the platform of the APC was to bring the needed change in governance which the APC stood for to the state.
He said: “This office will Stakeholders of the APC in Plateau State, yesterday, said they will resist any attempt by the party to sell nomination forms to only those currently in the executive committee from the ward to the state levels.
The stakeholders, who spoke to Daily Trust on condition of anonymity, said the state chairman of the party, Latep Dabang and other members of the state working committee in the state had decided to retain not only the 2014 zoning arrangement but their respective seats without considering the be called Freedom House, a place where good things would happen; a place where ideas would be articulated and debated; a place where visions that would change Rivers State will be articulated.”
“In doing so, I want to assure the party and Rivers people that if there is a fair process in the election of any person other than Sen. Abe, I will not only support the candidate but I will campaign for him. I will do so when members of the party are given opportunity to elect without intimidation and undue threat,” he said. peculiarity of the zoning and rotation tradition in some LGs and wards in the state.
A stakeholder from Plateau north senatorial district told Daily Trust that the state chapter of the APC was insisting that party officials must be given right-of first refusal to recontest their seats; while others could not contest for any of the positions unless a member of the exco was not interested.
However, the APC State Secretary, Bashiru Musan Sati, disputed the claim that only the exco members would be allowed to contest, saying the congresses were open to everyone.