…Laments the Exclusion of Senator Magnus Abe in the Scheme of Things
…Says Abe was at the Forefront and Fought Wickedly in the Decimation of APC in Rivers State and Should be Rewarded Like Wike.
Erstwhile National Publicity Secretary of the defunct New People’s Democratic Party (nPDP) and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze says it is saddening to learn that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu who currently presides over the affairs of Nigeria under the platform of the APC has settled to place preference on the empowerment of members of the opposition People’s Democratic Party in Rivers State and other agents who worked for and with them to trouble the soul of the Rivers State Chapter of the ruling party.
In a statement made available to the media, the party Chief said the President finds pleasure in aligning himself with former Gov. Wike who was a major architect of the problems and backbone of the crisis entrepreneurs and saboteurs within the the party whose dissidence almost tore the APC into pieces.
Recall that this ill-action and unsavory treatment of the party by the President angered some segments of Rivers people including the state APC Youths who took to the streets, protesting against the injustice.
According to Eze, by appointing Wike as a cabinet member and boasting in the glare of the public that the former Governor is not only his Minister but a very key Special Adviser, Tinubu has unapologetically expressed his devotion to mete out grave injustice on members of the APC in Rivers State who fought sacrificially to resist the forces of opposition and who were determined to frustrate the party out of relevance.
Eze who noted this time revealed a lot hinted that the unfolding events clearly validated previous opinion that Mr. Bola Ahmed Tinubu had a hand in the crises that confronted the Rivers APC this past eight years; a battle that saw Wike deploy state resources and another mercenary including the courts against the party.
Recalling how Wike used the judiciary to stifle the party, Eze brought back to fore comments credited to one Tony Okocha, Wike’s chief lobbyist, that the Rivers State Judiciary became a laughing stock and an object of mockery because Wike used Judges to deal with the Rivers APC during the crisis when he was still Governor. Tony Okocha, an avowed anti-progressive agent, in his dishonesties, has earned himself an appointment to the NDDC board.
The above notwithstanding, Wike’s emergence as Cabinet member is not only an insult to APC members but also to those party faithful who died in the struggle to water and sustain the party in Rivers State all these years.
Reeling on his antecedents, the APC stalwart noted that if Wike could attempt to destroy such a great political party like PDP, then destroying both Tinubu and APC would be like sipping a glass of wine; if he could abuse and harass his benefactor, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, abusing and deriding Tinubu will be like a walk in the park at the appropriate time; If he could ignore President Jonathan and his wife after they imposed him on Rivers State and her people as their Governor, then be sure that ignoring Tinubu will not be an issue. 2027 is his target.
Hence appointments in the present APC administration are justified by one’s inputs in destroying APC in Rivers State, Eze said it then unwise and unjust for his friend, Senator Magnus Abe, not to be considered for a reward.
It was Abe who kickstarted the decimation process of APC in 2015 till date and he is yet to be appointed as a Minister or given any reasonable appointment in lieu of his devious attack against Rives State APC. He noted that if Cross River, Delta, and others with less political influence and lower relevance in the politics of Nigeria can have two ministerial slots, what then stops the President from including Abe in the cabinet and double slot for Rivers State?
The input of Abe in the intra-party crisis that engulfed Rivers APC cannot be overemphasized. Apart from refusing to contest the 2019 Senate Seat that would have made him Deputy Senate President after the seat was zoned to the South-South, he again refused to contest the 2023 Senate Seat that would have made him the Senate President. Instead, he preferred a fight against Amaechi to ensure that APC is reduced in the state.
Eze maintained that not recognizing Abe for his courage in fighting against a party whose membership he claims would be unjust and unacceptable. Abe should be rewarded just like his other conspirators like Wike and Okocha who are now enjoying the compensations of their dirty records.
