- Senator Magnus Abe has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to weigh in on the crisis in Rivers state APC
- Abe urged the president to prevail on the party to obey the court orders
- The senator's call came after hoodlums attack the Rivers state High Court sitting in Port Harcourt
Senator Magnus Abe, representing Rivers South East, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to order members of his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) to obey court order to guarantee the future of the party.
Vanguard reports that Abe made the call on Monday, May 14, lamenting a situation where the party defied a court order and accusing the minister of transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, of jeopardizing President Buhari's reelection in 2019.
Recall that some hoodlums recently attack the Rivers state High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, an attack that the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN Justice Walter Onnoghen described as putting democracy of the nation under threat.
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Abe, in company of Senator Wilson Ake, Chidi Wihioka, representing Ikwerre/ Emohua Federal Constituency and Maurice Pronen, Khana/ Gokana Federal Constituency said the APC must learn to live up to Buhari's values or destroy the soul of the party.
He said: “I respectfully call on our president not to surrender our nation to men without conscience. This party must distance itself from the show of shame that is currently going on in Rivers State.”
“The Judiciary remains the last hope of man, and our Judges and Judicial Officers are called upon to remain true to their Oath of Office. They must remain focused, resolute, and courageous, regardless of the effort at intimidating them.”
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NAIJ.com earlier reported that Imo state governor, Rochas Okorocha, has claimed that the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), John Odigie Oyegun, is after him and making efforts to relieve him of the party structure in the state.
He said Oyegun is working against him in Imo state because he (Okorocha) spoke against the chairman's proposed tenure elongation.
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Source: Naija.ng