Magnus Abe has dared former
governor of the state, Chibuike Amaechi, and other leaders of the All
Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State, stating that the battle for who
flies the party’s flag for the 2019 governorship election in the state has just
begun.
He blamed the
Transportation Minister, Amaechi, for the crisis rocking the state’s APC.
Abe emerged the candidate
of the party in a direct primary conducted in the state by the Peter Odike-led
APC.
He rejected the adoption of
Tonye Cole as the governorship candidate of the APC by the National Working
Committee, NWC, of the party.
Abe spoke in Port Harcourt,
Rivers State, weekend, following Cole’s adoption based on the report of the
Governorship Primaries Committee that supervised the indirect process in the
state.
The Ogoni-born lawmaker
said, “I am sure you are all aware of the current decision of the NWC of our
party which accepted the report that returned Tonye Cole elected, based on the
indirect primary conducted in the state.
“The battle has just begun.
The party has set up an appeal. We will take advantage of the appeal panel and
forward our case.
“The result of the indirect
primary remains unacceptable and will remain unacceptable. The indirect primary
was a charade set up by a few individuals to bring in their candidate. We will
not accept that result.
“We are now faced with a
fact that a man who just joined the party can claim to be a candidate of the
party. This is against the wish of everybody who has worked for the party.
“I don’t have anything
against Tonye Cole because he is my friend. But we are politicians and we are
fighting for justice. Without truth there can be no justice and without justice
there can be no peace.
“This is the situation we
have talked and warned about, when the Minister of Transportation called a
meeting of the party and started the event that has resulted to this.”
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