Vote Out Politicians With Records Of Violence – Abe

The lawmaker representing Rivers South-East in the National Assembly and All Progressives Party (APC) candidate for the 2015 Senatorial election, Senator Magnus Abe, has appealed to Nigerians not to elect politicians who encourage political violence.
This is as he expressed the hope that Nigeria will change for the better immediately Muhammadu Buhari, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), is declared the winner of the February 14, 2015 presidential election.
Senator Abe stated this yesterday while fielding questions from newsmen shortly after a special church service to rededicate his re-election mandate, organised by the Rivers South-East Ministers Forum (RSMF), held at St. Barth’s Anglican Church, Bera, in Gokana local government area of Rivers State.
He stated that politicians, encouraging youths to engage in political violence, including tearing of campaign posters and banners of opponents and shooting of gun, while their children are studying in the best schools are not worthy to be elected as leaders in the country.
“My advice to elders; those of us who call ourselves leaders; Rivers people and indeed Nigerians is that time has come for us to look at the quality and characters of those we regard as leaders; ascertain what they represent and what they can offer”, the Senator said.
“People who are planning one set of thing for their family and another for your own children should be rejected through your Permanent Voter’s Cards (PVC); if anybody sees me telling any child to go and tear posters; to go and shoot gun; to go and harass people; they should also reject me”. He declared.
The APC senatorial candidate stated that the emergence of Buhari will bring positive changes to the behavioural attitude of Nigerians, as they won’t wait for him to be sworn in as President before changing their attitude.
Abe said, “The day you hear the announcement that Buhari has won as President of Nigeria, everybody will change their behaviour the next morning. They won’t wait for Buhari to be sworn in. You know and I know that immediately Buhari is elected, Nigeria will change.”
Earlier in his sermon, Pastor Henry Young of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Port Harcourt, described the re-election bid of Abe as serious, saying that only serious issues are brought to the Altar of God.
Highpoint of the service attended by a mammoth crowd was the re-dedication of the mandate of Abe and other candidates of the APC for the National Assembly and Rivers State House of Assembly elections from the Rivers South-East Senatorial District.