Stakeholders of the Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, have endorsed the candidature of Senator Magnus Ngei Abe for the governorship of the party in the 2019 gubernatorial election in the state.
The group under the aegis of a gathering of party faithfuls, known as “The Meeting “on Thursday, in Port Harcourt, unanimously called on Senator Abe to offer himself for the party’s governorship primary, stressing that “Senator Magnus Abe is the candidate with the temperament, courage, honesty, integrity and capacity as a bridge builder across ethnic, social and party lines to lead the party into actualizing its resolve to win the 2019 governorship election.”
The group in a six-point communiqué issued at the end of the expansive meeting stated: “Without equivocation and with the power and support of both the APC constitution and the Nigerian constitution, The Meeting stated that Senator Magnus Ngei Abe’s eminent qualification to aspire to the office of the governor of Rivers Stated under our party could not be questioned.”
“The Meeting expressed its gratitude and appreciation to all honest-hearted members of the party who are currently dismayed and broken-hearted and fiercely discriminated against in the party on account of their political orientation and the style of leadership which instills fear and threats for associating with Magnus Abe for not leaving the party but have continued to stay on and contribute meaningfully for the advancement of the party.”
The stakeholders concluded: “Finally, we thank Almighty God for the health of the president and his triumphant return home to contribute to the historic task of building a new Nigeria where no man will be oppressed so that we can hand over to pour children a banner without stain. The Meeting pledged its unalloyed loyalty tp and cooperation with the party and the president in this onerous task even as we congratulate His Excellency on the country’s independence anniversary.”
“The Meeting” was attended by former councilors, local government chairmen, members of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Members of the House of Representatives, former commissioners, former chief of staff government house, Chief Tony Okocha, Senator Wilson Ake and different groups under the APC in the state.
The event represents the largest gathering of APC stakeholder since the 2015 general election which the APC lost to the PDP.
