Chukwudi Akasike, Port Harcourt
The lawmaker representing Rivers South-East in the National Assembly, Senator Magnus Abe, has called on members of the All Progressives Congress to forget their differences and embrace peace.
Abe made this call in Port Harcourt on Friday during the opening of the secretariat belonging to a faction of the APC.
He expressed the need for party members to sink their differences so as to pave the way for the APC to achieve its aim as a political party.
The lawmaker explained that rather than fight, members should find a way out of achieving peace within the state APC.
“Let me also say that time has come for us to make peace in the party. People should not see peace as defeat. Peace is what we need to move the party forward.
“Let me also say that sending people to shoot members of our party will not bring peace. Sending people to begin a campaign of calumny against members of the party will not bring peace. The proper thing for us to do is to begin to look for things that will bring us together.
“I want to say without fear or favour; we need a united APC in Rivers State. That is why this secretariat is open to every member of the party, who is desirous of victory for the party. “Nobody wants the present contraption called a government to continue in our state.
“We want a change; we want true change and true progress. We want true prosperity; we can achieve that in an atmosphere of mutual respect not just for each other and even for the opposition.
“We can achieve that in an atmosphere of peace that respects the rights of other people and be ready to accommodate the voices of dissent,” Abe said.
The governorship aspirant maintained that the factional secretariat would remain open to all members of the APC in the state irrespective of affiliation.
“As long as you believe in APC, as long as you believe in (President Muhammadu) Buhari and you know that Oshiomhole is our chairman, this secretariat is your own,” he said.
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