Senator Magnus Abe has urged former Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi to resign because the operating mate to former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, insisting that the 2027 presidency ought to stay within the South in step with the precept of energy rotation.
Abe made the decision whereas delivering a goodwill message at a gathering of the Rainbow Coalition in Rivers State, the place he declared the group’s assist for President Bola Tinubu’s re-election bid.
He accused Amaechi of abandoning the place he beforehand upheld on the rotation of energy between northern and southern Nigeria.
Abe recalled that throughout the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan, who’s from the South-South, Amaechi had opposed the continuation of Jonathan’s presidency, arguing that it could violate the unwritten power-sharing association between the North and South.
He mentioned Amaechi was now contradicting that place by supporting a northern presidential candidate at a time he believed the presidency ought to stay within the South.
“Today, the same man who led us to go against our son and our brother is now trying to lead us to go and support somebody from the North when it is the turn of the South,” Abe mentioned.
He referred to as on Amaechi to face by his earlier place by withdrawing from the ticket with Atiku.
“On behalf of all of us here gathered in Rivers State, we want to call on Amaechi to immediately respect his own position and resign as the vice-presidential candidate to Atiku Abubakar,” he mentioned.
Abe additionally declared the Rainbow Coalition’s full assist for Tinubu forward of the presidential election, utilizing emphatic expressions to reaffirm the group’s allegiance to the president.
“We are not just with Tinubu. We are with Tinubu. We are for Tinubu. We are by Tinubu. We are in Tinubu. We are Tinubu here in this coalition,” he mentioned.
He additional maintained that Rivers State would uphold the precept of energy rotation between the North and South, arguing that Atiku ought to respect the association that had beforehand allowed him to function vice-president and contest presidential elections.
Abe reaffirmed his dedication to the Rainbow Coalition and its backing for Tinubu’s re-election bid in 2027.
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