Tobi Adebayo
A former lawmaker that represented Rivers South-East Senatorial District, Magnus Abe has declared that he will not back Tonye Cole, the gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state.
Abe made his position known while speaking as a guest on Channels Television programme, Politicial Paradigm, on Tuesday.
He had lost to Cole in the APC governorship primaries which held in the state.
Explaining his decision, he stated that Cole had a case to answer for alleged corruption.
Recall that the Rivers State Government had instituted a suit against Cole; former Rivers Governor, Rotimi Amaechi and others over alleged fraud to the tune of $50million.
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Speaking further, Abe said that the Rivers APC guber candidate had no record of service in the state.
“I am not part of how he became a candidate, he has not been part of our party to my knowledge, and he didn’t contribute anything to the establishment of the party. He has no record of service to our state.
“There is an allegation that over $55 million of Rivers State Government money was transferred to him by Rotimi Amaechi in a government in which I served and I didn’t even know about it. So how will I now go and support such a person to now take over the Government of Rivers State?”he said.
