The senator representing Rivers South-East, Mr. Magnus Abe, has said that his bid for the governorship post of Rivers State, is his right and nobody can stop him.
He added that not even the leader of his party, the All Progressives Congress, APC, and former governor of the state, Rotimi Amaechi, could stop him.
Abe who spoke during an interactive session with some youths in Port Harcourt said notwithstanding Amaechi’s remark that he was a traitor, he still considered the former governor to be his leader.
Abe and Amaechi have not been in good terms lately, a situation which had led to the division of the APC in the state.
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Said Abe: “I was a commissioner in Dr. Peter Odili’s government, but I stood behind Amaechi; I argued with Dr. Peter Odili on Amaechi’s behalf,” he said.
“Later, when I came to him (Odili) to apologise, he told me that there was no need to apologise and that he respected my decision to stand by my friend (Amaechi).
“Whoever God has chosen to be the governor of Rivers State will be governor and there is nothing Rt. Hon. Rotimi Amaechi can do about it. When Amaechi fought for his right and took the PDP to court, I did not remember any place where Dr Odili called him a betrayer.
“I am fighting for my right; I want to be governor of this (Rivers) state and nobody can deny me the right to fight for my right. So, I continue to refer to Amaechi that he still remains the leader of my party in the state.”
