Name of Prominent Senator Who Insists He Will Contest in 2023 Missing on INEC List
- Prominent senator from Rivers state, Senator Magnus Abe, who boasted that he would contest the 2023 election, has his name missing on the INEC list
- Abe also bragged that he had never lost an election in the state and that he was confident he would win the 2023 governorship election in the state
- Since he resigned his membership from the APC, Abe has not declared his new political party, nor did he participate in any governorship primaries
Senator Magnus Abe’s name was missing from the list of candidates contesting the Rivers state governorship election in 2023, as published by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
INEC published the names of 16 political parties and their flagbearers who will appear on the ballot for the governorship election in Rivers state.
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Against all expectations, Abe’s name was missing from the INEC list after boasting that he would be on the ballot.
The former senator is yet to defect to another party, nor has he participated in any governorship primaries after resigning his membership from the All Progressives Congress (APC).
There are rumours that he would contest under the Social Democratic Party (SDP) banner.
However, the governorship candidate of the SDP on the INEC list is Maurice Pronen, his kinsman from the Ogoni kingdom.
Abe brags about having never lost election
Abe recently spoke on AIT live programme, where he expressed the view of having bright chances of winning the Rivers state governorship election in 2023.
He boasted that he had never lost an election in the state and would not lose this time.
“What chances do I have in the state? Very bright chances. I always win elections. I don’t lose elections in Rivers State."
APC makes strong allegation against popular senator after he resigned from Party
Legit.ng reported that the publicity secretary of the Rivers state APC, Senibo Finebone, said that those leaving the party only expressed their rights to freedom of association
Finebone, while speaking to journalists, revealed that senator Magnus Abe, who recently denounced his APC membership, had left the party with his supporters before now.
The APC spokesperson in the state alleged that Abe and his supporters failed to participate in the membership revalidation exercise that the party had carried out.
Source: Legit.ng
