Senator Magnus Abe, who represents Rivers South East Senatorial District, has said the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, Dr. Dakuku Peterside, will better serve the interest of Ogoni and other ethnic nationalities as a vote for the Ogoni and every part of Rivers State that is yet to produce a governor.
He spoke at the APC rally in Nonwa-Tai at the weekend.
Abe, who is the chairman, Senate Committee on Petroleum Resources (Downstream), said: “The issues of Riverine and Ogoni are the hottest concern of this election. Therefore, if Peterside, a Riverine man from Opobo, is voted in, then the other issue which is the Ogoni question would be settled in the near future.
Abe said: “I will vote for my younger brother, my own person, the candidate I know, Dr. Dakuku Adol Peterside and I have my reasons. First is that this election is about the future of Rivers State. No matter what you feel, no matter how you view it, 2015 elections will raise issues of equity for Rivers State. How are we dealing with issues of justice among other component parts of the state that make up Rivers State?
“The 2015 election raised two major issues of justice and equity. The second question that was raised is the Ogoni issue for justice and equity.
“In 2015, we must answer one of those questions. We cannot go into an election that does not answer one of these questions around equity and justice in Rivers State. If you are an Ogoni son and you want to see an Ogoni governor in your life time, please vote for Dakuku. If you don’t vote for Dakuku, when the next man comes, all the issues of Riverine and Ogoni will still be on the table.
“Another reason I will vote for Dakuku is that I know that he has been a part of the present government. He is a student of the present system. He knows what the challenges are, he knows what the situations are. We cannot have somebody who will come and tear down everything we have done.”
Source: TheNation
