I’m ready to face Abe in court anyday – Worlu

Kelechi Kas

Mr Lucky Worluh, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Rivers State says he has not been served court papers over a suit instituted against him by the immediate past senator representing Rivers South-East Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Magnus Abe.

Worlu said he read like others on social media did, a Whatsapp and facebook post said to be emanating from Magnus Abe.

Abe had said during a post on his facebook wall titled “No one can rewrite history” that loyalists of his rival, the minister of transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, accused him of plotting with the Vice President to kill President Buhari and collecting billions of Naira From Governor Wike and the PDP to destabilize the APC in Rivers state.

He said he was painted to the Nigerian public Oby Ndukwe, Chukwuemeka Eze and Lucky Worlu as a desperate politician who destroyed his party because of his personal ambition.

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“These false and baseless allegations moved beyond the social media and became accepted as truth to a point were credible media like THE NATION NEWSPAPER, and THE VANGUARD was confident enough to carry this smear campaign on their pages and give it legitimacy and credibility.

“It is for this reason that I have instituted suit PHC/3314/2019-SENATOR MAGNUS ABE VS. 1. CHIEF EZE CHUKWUEMEKA EZE 2. VINTAGE PRESS LIMITED (Publisher of the Nation Newspaper) 3. DELE ADEOLUWA 4. BISI OLANIYI.

“Also, Suit No. PHC/3663/2019 ~ Senator Magnus Ngei Abe vs. 1. Sir{Hon.} Lucky Worluh. 2. Vanguard Media Limited{Publisher, Sunday Vanguard}. 3. Davies Iheamnachor{Reporter, Sunday Vanguard}. 4. Wale Akinola{Editor, Sunday Vanguard}, to give an opportunity to those who have made these allegations in an effort to rewrite the history of the Rivers APC Crisis to come before the courts, and the public and present the facts on which they stand”.

But Worlu said Abe’s post was intended to humiliate NewsPaper Houses and intimidate Nigerian Journalists in all ramifications.

“Again, Magnus Abe lied just for public sympathy as usual that I ever mentioned the Vice President in my reaction nor linked him with the vice president of plotting to kill Buhari.

“Rather, the facts on my reactions are in the public domain to prove that Magnus Abe lied if such post is emanating from him truly