Atedo Peterside Backing Me To Be Rivers Governor – Magnus Abe

The bid by Senator Magnus Abe for the governorship of Rivers State has received the endorsement of one of Nigeria’s most respected boardroom players, Atedo Peterside.

Peterside who is the founder of the now defunct IBTC which has been transformed into Stanbic IBTC gave the endorsement during a telephone call with Abe it was disclosed in a statement made available to GWG.

Abe is the governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Rivers State, a party he described as the fastest growing political party in the state.

Abe, made the disclosures while addressing the SDP national leadership in Abuja, during his thank you visit where he said the party has lived up to its mandate as a social democratic organisation to improve democratic practices in the country.

“As we speak now, thousands of people across Rivers State are today members of the SDP. This is now the fastest growing political party in Rivers State, and it is the party that will win the elections in Rivers State. I want to assure you that we will win the elections in Rivers State.

“In fact, over the past three days, people have been calling me to say that they are members of the SDP. Today, one of our very senior brothers in Rivers State Atedo Peterside called me to say that he is a member of the SDP and to welcome me to the SDP family; I was very elated,” Abe said.

“Let me say clearly, my national chairman, that we are in this party to contribute, we are in this party to strengthen the party, we are in this party to bring victory to this party, we are in this party to give hope and succour to Nigerians who understand that except we do things differently we will continue to see the same things we have been seeing before.

“If we want to see what we have not seen before, we must do what we have not done before, that’s why today we are in the SDP, because we have not been here before so we are doing a new thing and Rivers people who have not voted SDP before are also prepared to do a new thing, they too are doing what they have not done before so we are going to do a new thing on the 29th of May, 2023.”

In his response, National Chairman of the party, Alhaji Shehu Gabam said, “today is one of the happiest day in the history of SDP; we believe in doing what is right and let me also tell you that we will give you all the necessary support needed to enable us win the gubernatorial election in Rivers State”.

Senator Abe was accompanied on the visit by the former candidate of the party in Rivers State who stepped down, Maurice Pronen, former Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice in the State, Barrister Worgu Boms, Pastor Boma Pepple and Kennedy Friday.

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