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The senator representing Rivers South East Senatorial District, Senator Magnus Abe, has rejected an alleged attempt by the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state to impose a governorship candidate on the party for the 2019 election, threatening to resist any such move.
This comes days after leader of the APC in Rivers State and Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi, announced his decision to pick businessman and Kalabari son, Tonye Dele Cole, as his preferred candidate for the governorship race in 2019.
Abe, over the weekend, however declared that any decision that is not in the favour of his senatorial district would be opposed, adding that issues affecting the party in the state could not be decided in Lagos and expected to be carried out in Rivers State.
The senator for Rivers South East, who has indicated interest in APC’s gubernatorial ticket for the 2019 election, criticised the alleged collective decision of some leaders of the party in the state, to endorse a preferred governorship candidate ahead of the election.
He distanced himself from such meeting, adding that the decision to have a preferred governorship candidate, did not meet the recent party standard for selection of governorship candidate, which included Rivers South East senatorial district and party members, who had laboured for the party.
Addressing his supporters in Eleme Local Government Area, over the weekend, Abe expressed hope that the party would adopt direct primary, where members of the party will decide who will be their governorship flag-bearer.
