Ogoni Monarchs Support Abe For Senate

The Supreme Council of Traditional Rulers of Ogoni has concluded plans to vote and support Hon. Magnus Abe and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the April elections.

The president, Supreme Council of Traditional Rulers of Ogoni, HRM, King Godwin Gininwa, who made this known while speaking at a thanksgiving service at the cathedral of All Saints Anglican Church, Bori, said the choice of Hon. Abe was based on his good track records as a former minority leader in the Rivers State House of Assembly, Commissioner for Information and Secretary to Rivers State Government.

The traditional rulers commended Hon Abe for the pride he has brought to the people of Ogoni and the entire Rivers State.

According to them, “Abe as a minority leader to the House of Assembly, he was able to represent his constituency, as a commissioner he did well, as secretary to the government, he did not bring shame to the Ogoni. He will definitely do well when elected as senator.”

The monarch condemned the incident on the last Ogoni Day celebration where some group of thugs attacked Hon. Abe, with the intention of assassinating him, warning that such ugly incident should not be swept under the carpet.

Gininwa recalled that the Ogonis had suffered untold hardship in the past as a result of violence and would not allow a repeat of such incident and therefore called on Ogoni people to vote for the governor, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Amaechi and Hon. Abe in the April polls.