Senator Magnus Abe, has said that
Govenor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State warned him over the current antagonism he
is facing from the Minister of Transport, Chibuike Amaechi-led All Progressives
Congress, APC, in the state.
Senator Abe said this while
reacting to recent accusations by Senator Andrew Uchendu, where he (Abe) was
taunted as having inordinate ambition, gaining more than he contributed to
Amaechi’s political dynasty and not supporting the Transport Minister’s
governorship bid back in 2007
Speaking yesterday in Port
Harcourt over the Minister’s alleged rejection of his 2019 governorship
ambition in preference for Tonye Cole under the party, Abe said it was now
clear, from Uchendu’s remarks, “That the decision to stop me (Abe) was taken
long ago.
“That is exactly what Governor
Wike warned me against when he came to my house prior to his decision to leave
the group. What is happening in Rivers State APC has nothing to do with
building the party, it is all about stopping Abe.”
On the contribution to Amaechi’s
political dynasty, Abe said: “There is always this attempt to play down Wike’s
contribution to our success in the court.
“Wike was pivotal to what
happened in the court, just as I was to how we got the nomination.
“When Amaechi was in Ghana, he
was talking to me more than five times every day, at a stage I was the only
person in (Peter) Odili’s Government he was talking to.
“When Amaechi came back from
Ghana, immediately after he was sworn-in as governor, he appointed Wike as his
Chief of Staff and appointed me as Secretary to the State Government.
“So if Sen. Uchendu feels the
governor, in his wisdom, chose to appoint people who did not support his
struggles to such strategic positions in his government, then too bad.”
On the rancour over his 2019
governorship ambition, the senator told Rivers people that, “I have not taken a
decision on the matter, but everywhere I go, people say I will be governor of
Rivers State, I respond with a loud Amen.”
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