- Senator Magnus Abe has again declared himself as the authentic governorship candidate of the APC in Rivers
- Senator Abe warned his party APC not to try fielding candidates from a faction declared fake by the courts
- The federal lawmaker expresses confidence that he would win the governorship election and be sworn in as Rivers state's new chief executive officer
Senator Magnus Abe has warned the All Progressives Congress (APC) against fielding any other governorship candidate apart from him in the oncoming general elections.
Premium Times reports that Senator Abe said during a crossover church service on Monday, December 31, 2018 in Bera, Gokana local government area of Rivers state that God asked him to contest the governorship position in the state in 2019.
He said: “One thing that I will like to share with all of you is that I know that this particular journey that I am on, to run for the governorship of Rivers State in 2019, it is my God that asked me to go and do this.
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“And that is why no machination of men, no work of the hand of man, no artificial obstacle created by men will stop our dream from coming true.
“We will not only run for the governorship of Rivers State in 2019, we will be sworn-in as the Governor of Rivers State in 2019,” he said.
“So for me, I am not afraid; we will continue our struggle,.".
Senator Abe warned the APC not to recognize any other candidate except those produced by his faction.
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He said: “You cannot have a situation that a court had said does not exist. The High Court said so, the Court of Appeal had said so and then you still go ahead to pretend it exists.
“In any contest in a democracy where the rule of law is supreme, any contest between any man and the law, however powerful that man will be, at the end of the day, the laws will prevail. All APC members in Rivers State should remain calm and focused on victory.
“You focus on what is important, and what is important to all of us here now, is that we have approached the court to declare us as the lawful candidates of the party because we were the product of the lawful congresses that was held by the APC in Rivers State. There was no other one.”
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But the declarations of the senator are contrary to the rulings of the courts.
Legit.ng had reported that the Court of Appeal confirmed that APC in Rivers state will not field any candidates during the 2019 general elections.
The Port Harcourt division of the court made the confirmation when it dismissed the appeal filed by the factional Rivers state APC governorship candidate, Tonye Cole.
The court, led by Justice Abubakar Yahaya, further dismissed the appeal filed by the sacked Rivers state APC chairman, Ojukaye Flag Amachree, as it also confirmed the judgment of Justice Chinwendu Nwogu that Rivers state has no ward executives, local government executives and state executives.
According to the court, both appeals lacked merit.
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