…As Obuah, PDP says to be heads to tribunal against Magnus Abe’s victory, congratulates Ogoni people on 2017 Ogoni day
The Media Committee of Senator Magnus Ngei Abe, Senator representing Rivers South East Senatorial District, has stated that the Rivers State Chapter of Peoples Democratic (PDP) has nothing to say on the victory of Senator Abe.
In a press statement issued in reaction to a statement by the PDP entitled, “PDP Heads to the Tribunal against Abe’s declaration as Senator”, the committee said election petition tribunals are part of democratic process in Nigeria and that there was nothing new about going to the tribunal.
The committee said Senator Abe and the APC were set to meet the PDP at the tribunal to defend the sacred mandate given to Senator Abe by the People of Rivers South East.
It said up till now that the PDP is unable to point out electoral irregularities committed by APC in Rivers South East rather they make sweeping statements of how security personnel helped APC to win.
The committee said Senator Abe and the APC have evidence of efforts by PDP to rig the election even though APC won.
The committee advised the PDP and Gov. Nyesom Wike to look for where to spend Rivers people’s money and not to waste it at the tribunal as the victory of Senator Abe was truly won at the ballot box.
It stated that because PDP knew that APC truly won, they have been talking about concocting results without bringing their facts bare, which is an attempt to justify their loss, should APC win at the tribunal.
The committee urged the people of Rivers South East to exercise calm in the face of provocative comments Mr. Felix Obuah, the Chairman of PDP had been making, calling their dearly elected Senator names.
It enjoined them to ignore Mr. Obuah as a man of no consequence who had reduced Omoku town and the entire Ogbaland to a ghost place.
It added that Obuah had learnt something new about Ogoni as a people who know their interest and could protect it at all times, pointing out that despite insinuations to use Ogoni against Ogoni, Obuah and Wike were disappointed.
The statement urged Ogoni people to reject the goodwill message from Felix Obuah as he has no good will for the people of Ogoni.
Meanwhile it’s recalled that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers State says it has headed to the Election Petitions Tribunal to challenge the declaration of Magnus Abe as winner of the just concluded Re-run Election in the Rivers South East Senatorial District
A statement by the State Chairman of the PDP, Bro. Felix Obuah said the declaration of Abe as winner in the purported election was a grave error as available records show that the military, SARS personnel and other security agencies massively rigged the election in the whole of the Rivers South East Senatorial District on December 10, 2016 in favour of Mr. Abe.
The State PDP Chairman made the position of the party clear on the stolen mandate in his Goodwill Message to Ogoni people on the 2017 Great Ogoni Day Celebration.
While wishing them a very successful Ogoni Day Celebration, Bro. Obuah said the right of the people of Rivers South East Senatorial District to select the candidate of their choice through the ballot box is sacrosanct and must not be toyed with, stressing that the PDP will never rest until this injustice against the people is addressed and the opportunity to have a candidate of their choice given to them as of right.
The statement which was signed by Obuah’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Jerry Needam said the party had sufficient evidences to show that what happened in the Rivers South East Senatorial District on December 10, 2016 was nothing but a display of military bravado against the PDP and the Ogoni people, orchestrated by the combined forces of Magnus Abe, Barry Mpigi, on one hand, and the men of SARS, Police and Army on the other hand.
Bro. Obuah said he was upbeat that the PDP would have the last laugh at the Election Petitions Tribunal, adding that Magnus Abe is only a Caretaker Senator of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who was smuggled into the Senate with the connivance of INEC, SARS, Army and the Police, assuring that his tenure in the Senate would be short-lived.
He called on the people of Rivers South East Senatorial District, especially Senator OlakaNwogu whose mandate has been stolen to remain calm and hopeful, adding that anything taken through the backdoor would not stand, as Senator Nwogu would surely reclaim his mandate.
The PDP Chairman also expressed optimism that Abe’s desperation for power would soon be exposed as evidenced by his recent clandestine activities.
According to the PDP Chairman, Magnus Abe has in the past weeks been concocting results in his private residence, just to ensure that they tally with figures manufactured for him by INEC.
Bro. Obuah believes that these were some of the measures being taken by the Caretaker Senator in anticipation of his fraudulent declaration by the INEC being challenged by the PDP.
