An All Progressives Congress chieftain in Rivers State,
Magnus Abe, says Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, is not God, noting
that he can become the next governor of the South-South state without the
support of the former governor.
Abe, a former member of the red chamber who represented
Rivers South-East Senatorial District, stated this on Wednesday while featuring
as a guest on Channels Television’s ‘Politics Today’ programme.
Abe was once Secretary to the State Government when Amaechi
was Rivers governor between May 2007 and May 2015 but the two politicians fell
apart thereafter due to political differences, though members of the same
party.
Speaking on the television programme, Abe said the feud in the APC in Rivers is beyond himself and the minister.
He said, “I don’t think it is about me and Rotimi Amaechi
being on good terms or bad terms, the reality of our situation is that we both
belong to the same political party. We have not been on the same page because
the minister said anybody who is not with him is no longer a member of the
party and that is not what the constitution says.”
The Senator also said the people of Rivers have called on
him to run for the office of governor in 2023 to succeed Governor Nyesom Wike
of the Peoples Democratic Party but he had yet to make a decision.
Asked whether he can become Rivers governor without
resolving issues with Amaechi, Abe said, “No human being is God. So, you can’t
say that without a particular human being, in a democracy, nothing can happen.
“In a democracy, I
don’t think the party has one leader as far as the South-South is
concerned…That ‘Oga’ type of politics, I don’t think it has a place in modern
Nigeria that is coming.”
Abe, however, agreed that the APC must put its home in order
in Rivers to defeat the PDP in the next election.
He also debunked reports that he has been colluding with the
PDP in Rivers to scuttle and sabotage the chances of the APC in the next
election.
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