Senator Magnus Abe (Rivers Southeast) described yesterday’s visit to
President Goodluck Jonathan by Rivers State Chairman of the Peoples
Democratic Part (PDP), Chief Felix Obuah and his delegation, as
one-sided.
He said the current leaders of the PDP in Rivers state, including himself, were not invited.
Abe, a former Secretary to the Rivers State Government (SSG), in a
telephone interview last night, declared that the visit would not bring
peace and reconciliation.
The senator said: “The visit to President Jonathan in Abuja by Felix
Obuah and his co-travellers will not help the PDP in Rivers state. It
will not being peace and reconciliation.
“President Jonathan is the Chairman of the PDP reconciliation
committee. Reconciliation cannot be one sided. I am a leader of the PDP
in Rivers state and I was not invited. Current leaders of the PDP in
Rivers state were not invited for the visit to the President. Their
actions will not help PDP in Rivers state.
“PDP leaders ought to be very careful. The people who visited
President Jonathan in Abuja are very desperate. The want to divide the
PDP. They want to drive people out of the party. I am surprised that the
President could receive Obuah and others who want to destabilise PDP
and cause confusion in Rivers state.
“Persons who visited the President in Abuja were chieftains of the
Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), not PDP leaders. They brandished ACN
in the last elections.
“The visit should be condemned by all leaders of the PDP all over
Nigeria and lovers of democracy and good governance worldwide, who are
clamouring for peace amd reconciliation. What Obuah and his supporters
are doing will not help the party in the long run.”
Abe, who is a former Rivers State Commissioner for Information, urged
the peace-loving people of the state to remain calm and law-abiding,
while continuing to support Governor Rotimi Amaechi.
The Nation
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