Senator Magnus Abe, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in Rivers South-East Senatorial District rerun election in Rivers State has said he is seeking to return to the senate for the second time in the best interest of Rivers State.He said this while speaking with newsmen in Port Harcourt, on Monday, adding that politicians seeking elective offices should elevate the interest of the people and the state above personal interest.

Abe, who chaired the Committee on Petroleum (Downstream) in the seventh Senate, also said, if voted for, he would be the only ranking APC senator from both South-South and South-East regions, which would confer on him certain privileges that would be in the best interest of the people and the region.

“The interest of Rivers State will be better protected with me in the eighth Senate. I am the only returning member of the Senate from the South-South and South-East, who served in the seventh Senate that is aspiring at this point to return to the 8th Senate.

“It therefore, means that from both the South-South and South-East, I will be the only high ranking member of the All Progressives Congress as a senator from the region.

“As a member of the ruling party at that level, you have access to meetings and caucuses that will influence decisions in the country, which somebody from a minority party will not be able to have access because he is not part of the political party.

“By the strength of God, today, APC is the party in power at the centre. I think that common sense, wisdom and the interest of our people should determine that we send people who will be in the position to have access to and work with the government in the interest of the larger Rivers community,” he said.

Senator Abe also counselled other political parties and their candidates participating in the state and National Assemblies rerun election, scheduled for March 19, 2016, to make their campaigns issue and development-based.

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