Rivers Re-Run:  Abe Warns Against Violence

Ahead of the Rivers
State House of Assembly and National Assembly re-run elections, a senatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Magnus Ngei Abe, has appealed to candidates of other political parties to dissuade their supporters from engaging in violence.
Abe in a statement signed by his spokesman, Parry Saroh Benson, said, those jostling to hold political offices owe the people the moral responsibility as leaders, irrespective of  political affiliations, to ensure that their supporters shun all forms of violence and thuggery before, during and after the elections.
The former lawmaker enjoined all candidates to lend their voice to the campaign against political violence, saying this will go a long way to save lives, which no man can create.
“I appeal to the candidates to be issue based in their campaigns and discuss matters that benefit our people.
“Candidates should desist from indulging in character assassination, campaign of calumny, attrition and naked propaganda”, he said.
Abe, however, called on the youths to refrain from making themselves willing tools in the hands of unscrupulous politicians, who may want to use them to perpetrate violence for their selfish aggrandisement.
 

Ike Wigodo/Oluchi Nnabugwu