There will be no peace without justice
We’ll never ask our youths to kill anybody because of power
Quarrelling and fighting will not bring peace. For over a year, you were hounding and denying people of their rights. For over a year you were victimising people accusing them of being disloyal. And because that has failed, another charge is being manufactured. The new charge, too. will fail
Admin l Friday, August 17, 2018
PORT HARCOURT, Rivers, Nigeria – Senator representing Rivers South East Senatorial District, Senator Magnus Abe, on Friday, gave the Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, an open challenge, on how peace can be attained in the party.
He declared that there will be no peace in the party if the governorship candidate of the party in the 2019 gubernatorial election does not come from Rivers South East Senatorial District which he represents.
“There can be no peace without justice. There will be no justice without peace. For there to be peace in Rivers State, the next governor of the state must come from Rivers South East Senatorial District.”
Senator Abe who spoke at the official unveiling of the state secretariat loyal to his group, on Friday, maintained that the new secretariat represents the authentic body of the state executive recognized by the National Working Committee, NWC, of the party.
“The executive that will operate from this secretariat is the one that the court asked to remain when the court nullified the ward, local government and state congresses. This executive represents the status quo ordered by the court.”
Abe stressed: “This executive was put together by members of the party. This is the only executive without legal impediments and it is open to everybody. You don’t need to preach hate to come in here. As far as you support Buhari; Oshiomhole and believe in APC, the secretariat is open to all APC members.”
“You don’t have to hate Abe to come here. You don’t have to antagonise our leader, Amaechi, to come here. All members of the APC are welcome here. This secretariat is for all members of APC in Rivers State.”
Speaking in support of the direct primary option approved by the APC’s NWC to select elective candidates for the 2018 general elections, Abe pointed out that the APC’s candidate for the 2019 governorship election will be elected by members of the party.
“We are being hunted for our ambition. We should come together. We need an atmosphere of peace and mutual respect. Majority of party members will elect who will be our governorship candidate.”
Abe dismissed accusations by Amaechi that he and some chieftains of the APC who support his governorship ambition are working with Governor Nyesom Wike and the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP. He recalled: “One and half years ago, they said we wanted to destroy the party with our ambition. They said we were disloyal. At another time they said we are not allowing them to rebuild the party. They began to preach hate and, consequently, balkanized the party.”
“Now that charge has collapsed. Now, they are now accusing us of working with Wike and the PDP. Why didn’t they say this one and half years, ago? It is too late for them to ignore the issues that were not there. You can’t change your charge in court and even in the bar of public opinion.”
Senator Abe stated in veiled reference to Amaechi: “Quarrelling and fighting will not bring peace. For over a year, you were hounding and denying people of their rights. For over a year you were victimising people accusing them of being disloyal. And because that has failed, another charge is being manufactured. The new charge, too. will fail.”
