The immediate past Senator representing Rivers South-East Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Magnus Abe, on Thursday, denied nominating a commissioner and two special advisers into the yet-to-be-constituted cabinet of Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike.
Abe in a statement by his Spokesperson, Parry Benson, described the claim by an online publication as untrue and misleading.
According to the statement: “The publication is the handiwork of detractors, who have orchestrated a well-funded and vicious campaign of calumny against the senator in recent times.
“The continued attempt to paint Senator Abe as being in a pact with Governor Wike is part of the childish pranks by those determined to destroy the senator physically and politically, for his principled stand for internal democracy and due process in the All Progressives Congress (APC) family, a just struggle for justice and fairness that captured the imagination of Nigerians across all fault lines.
“Nobody needs to destroy Senator Abe or anyone else, before they can achieve their dreams. Indeed, as the Senator has said, there is room enough in the sky for a thousand stars to shine.
“If this latest onslaught is about the ministerial nomination, the Senator has stated time without number that it is the prerogative of Mr. President to pick Nigerians who can help him run the country for the benefit of all.”
Benson the online report was diversionary attempt aimed at smearing the reputation of Abe
“Let us give peace a chance in the APC. No man can truncate the destiny of another. Let us also come together to ensure that there is peace in Rivers State. It is time to move on.
“I urge members of the public to disregard the pack of lies against Senator Abe, as part of the sponsored campaigns, like all the others before. This too shall pass.”
