The Senator representing Rivers South East, Magnus Abe has been accused of working in concert with Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the election of former Vice President, Abubakar Atiku as President during the presidential poll.

Director General of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, Chidi Lloyd made this accusation today in a statement he personally signed and made available to newsmen.

Lloyd was reacting to Abe’s allegation that the Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi through Lloyd ridiculed President Muhammadu Buhari during a television programme on Channels TV.

In his words: “It is on record that when we were working round the clock to ensure we re-elected President Buhari, Magnus Abe addressed a team of 23 Coordinators across the 23 LGAs in his camp to go to their LGAs and instruct their supporters to vote for Atiku instead President Buhari and they did.”

“It is an incontrovertible fact that Magnus Abe was collecting huge sums of money and a land cruiser jeep, including payment of legal fees from Governor Wike to pull the rug off the feet of the APC, it is even more annoying that Magnus Abe did everything under the sun to stop President Buhari from being re-elected”.

The former Majority Leader of the Rivers State accused Abe of collaborating with Wike to throw spanner in the works for the state chapter of the APC.

“As a stakeholder in the politics of Rivers State, I feel sad that a collaboration of Senator Magnus Abe and Governor Wike and their accomplices in the Rivers State Judiciary denied us so much in power structure of Rivers State”.

“Magnus Abe and Wike sat down with Obo Effanga, INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, Rivers State and drew a list of Returning Officers and Collation Officers. Magnus Abe nominated Dr. Peter Medee, a member of the PDP as the Returning Officer of Emohua LGA, my LGA to work in favour of Wike.”

The Emohua born former lawmaker further accused Abe of joining forces anti-Buhari elements in the National Assembly to force the President out of office while he was away on medical treatment last year.

“Today, the same Abe who joined forces with anti-Buhari Senators led by Senator Saraki is acting like he believes in President Buhari than the rest of us. Where was Abe when only 10 APC Senator stood out for President on the floor of the Senate?

“When President Buhari was away for medical treatment, the same Abe was in nocturnal meetings planning how to force President Buhari out of office as if he was God who gives health.”