I ‘ll Be APC Highest Ranking Senator In S’South If…Abe

The All Progressives Con
gress (APC) candidate in Rivers South-East Senatorial District re-run election, Senator Magnus Ngei Abe says his re-election into the Red Chambers would be in the best interest of Rivers State.
Abe who spoke at a breakfast meeting in Port Harcourt with journalists urged the people of his constituency to vote for him in the interest of the state as against personal interest.
According to him, if re-elected,  he would be the only  high ranking senator of APC in both South-South and South-East, which would confer on him certain privileges which he said the South South region will enjoy.
He said, “the interest of Rivers State will be better protected with me in the 8th Senate. I am the only returning member of the Senate from the South-South and South-East, who served in the 7th Senate that is aspiring at this point to return to the 8th Senate. It therefore, means that from both the South-South and South-East, I will be the only high ranking member of the All Progressives Congress as a Senator from the region.
‘’ As a member of the ruling party at that level, you have access to meetings and caucuses that will influence decisions in the country, which somebody from a minority party will not be able to have access to because he is not part of the political party.
“By the strength of God, today, the All Progressives Congress is the party in power in the Federal Republic of Nigeria. I think that common sense, wisdom and the interest of our people should determine that.
“We should send people who will be in the position to have access to the government and work with the government in the interest of the larger Rivers community.
“Between me and all my opponents in this re-run elections, I am the only person who meets that criteria”.
Abe maintained that his previous performance in the Senate towers above his opponents, adding that  the out-of-pocket development projects he had sited in various communities in the district has also made a difference in the lives of many Rivers people.
He further explained that he was happy to observe that in course of his visits to the communities, the people could point out one development programme or the other he had put in place in their areas.
“Every community I go to, most of the communities start by thanking me, saying, we want to thank you for this and that, because I have been involved in uplifting the lives of the people of Rivers South-East Senatorial District”, he said.