The senatorial liaison
office of the candidate of APC in the
March 19th re-run election in Rivers South East Senatorial District,
Senator Magnus Ngei Abe was attacked in Bori, Ogoni on Monday February 22.
A statement by Parry
Saroh Benson, Spokesperson to Senator Magnus Ngei Abe said, armed men
clad in army uniform suspected to be thugs of the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP) in Rivers State is alleged to have been responsible for the
dastardly act.
Eye witness account said that the criminals
carrying sophisticated weapons threw dynamites and bombs into the
senatorial office of Senator Magnus Abe in Bori while staff and visitors
as at the time of incident scampered for safety.
Meanwhile some staff and visitors who escaped are yet to be accounted for.
Recalled that few days ago, Governor Nyesom Wike had at the 50th
Birthday celebration of Senator Lee Maeba in Luuwa, Khana Local
Government Area in Rivers State charged PDP supporters that he will not
be happy unless they stop Senator Magnus Abe’s re-election bid by all
means.
The event of today has clearly shown that the charge by
the Governor to his supporters to stop Senator Abe has just begun by the
attack on the senatorial liaison office.
"We view this attack as
a cheap attempt to intimidate our supporters and so fear to participate
in the forthcoming re-run election".
"I want to call on all our
supporters and all law abiding citizens of the Rivers South-East
Senatorial District especially the people of Ogoni not to take laws in
their hands nor do anything that will lead to lost of lives and property
but to remain resolute and ready to participate fully in the
forthcoming re-run election in the area". Abe said.
He went
further to say, "the struggle to liberate Ogoniland, Rivers State and
particularly Rivers South East Senatorial District from the claws of
political gangsters, criminals and thugs masquerading as political
leaders cannot be won without sacrifice".
Abe added that the
reign of impunity, violence and lawlessness has reached its zenith in
Rivers State and “we cannot pretend that any kind of election could be
held under this atmosphere unless something is done to bring to book the
perpetrators of this heinous crime as March, 2016 may not be different
from March, 2015".
The statement concludes by saying "we do not
need to wait until the Omoku experience repeat itself in Bori where over
20 persons were killed in one day. Therefore, I called on President
Muhammadu Buhari, the Police and other security agents in the State to
act fast in order to forestall further attacks by criminal gangs on the
people"
