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From Tony John, Port Harcourt
Governorship candidate of Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the March 18 election in Rivers State, Senator Magnus Abe, has declared his unwillingness to pursue his mandate at the Election Petitions Tribunal.
Abe announced his withdrawal from the tribunal, when he addressed chieftains of the party at Freedom House, Port Harcourt, yesterday, saying the sacrifices made by Rivers people, who believed in his cause, were paramount.
The former lawmaker, who represented Rivers South East senatorial district at the National Assembly, said though the process that produced the governor-elect, Siminialayi Fubara, was faulty, his withdrawal from the Election Petitions Tribunal, was for the peace, progress and unity of the state.
“We must learn as politicians to be pragmatic and to always put the interest of Rivers State and the people above every other interest. I want to say that for me the progress, prosperity, peace, unity of our state has always been and will remain paramount to me at all times. We cannot at any stage of our politics put our own interest against the interest of those who have sacrificed so much to follow us. We cannot at any stage of our politics put what we consider our ego above every other consideration in our state.”
