Abe faults Gov Wike on sincere to Ogoni people

(Nigeria) Senator Magnus Abe, the All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate in the Rivers South East senatorial ddistrict re-run election has faulted Governor Nyesome Wike for allegedly not being sincere to Ogoni people.

Reacting to a statement credited to Governor Wike where he asked the Ogoni to vote against Senator Abe as a matter of priority, at a groundbreaking rally for Senator Abe, organised by Khana Connected Friends at Bori Police Field, Bori in Khana Local Government Area of the state, Abe queried why who would win Rivers South East senatorial election was more important to Wike than who would win in his own senatorial district, the Rivers East.

He said, that Wike's comment was a grand design to ensure that Ogoni people did not have adequate representation and strong voice in the state and at the national level.

Senator Abe wondered why Wike would claim to love Ogoni people when he had been treating the ones working with him in his cabinet shabbily.

“If Wike loves Ogoni people, he should start with the ones working with him. Why did he suspend Fred Kpakol without even hearing from him,” he said.

He said, that the antics of Wike could better be explained by the proverbial offsprings of the toad and the snake, who were innocently playing together until they had a break and returned to their mothers.

Senator Abe thanked the Khana Connected Friends for mobilizing such a large crowd for his re-election bid, assuring that he would never disappoint the Ogoni as their true son.

Earlier in his own speech, Celestine Akpobari, the Coordinator of Ogoni Solidarity Forum, said, he had not been a partisan person and that as a civil society activist that he supports Ogoni interest and cause.

He reminded the people that he had advocated for Ogoni governor, irrespective of the party.

Akpobari stated that today, he wais supporting Senator Abe as he saw in him the interest of Ogoni.

He said, that Senator Abe was their best bet for the position and that any right thinking Ogoni man should vote for him.

“We need Senator Abe more than he needs us today. He is one of the most popular politicians we have in Nigeria today. He is the only man that has enough credit in his political account that all Ogoni people can draw on. Ogoni people will make the greatest mistake of their life if on the 19th of March; we do not turn out enmasse to elect Senator Abe. He is the only person contesting for Senatorial election from Ogoni extraction,” he said.

The activist said, that Olaka Nwogu was no match to Senator Abe in terms of choice, pointing out that the name Olaka Nwogu is not an Ogoni name and information he got from Eleme had it that Nwogu could not speak Eleme but Igbo language.

In his speech, Ambassador Marvin Yobana, the African representative in the World Assembly of Youths, said that Senator Abe was a patriotic Ogoni man who had been using his personal money to provide water to many communities in Ogoni and the entire District.

Such a person, he said, should be supported and encouraged.

He said that Ogoni people know what they want and that Magnus Abe was their choice and not Olaka Nwogu.

In his comment, the Coordinator of Khana Connected Friends, Mr. Thomas Area, said that the group was a child of necessity to help pursue sincerely the interest of Ogoni in the present political dispensation.

He stated that the group had identified Senator  Abe of APC as the interest of Ogoni and urged all Khana people to support him so that the Ogoni would have a strong voice in the Senate and national body politic.