Barely 24 hours after announcing his membership of the Social Democratic Party, a former chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Senator Magnus Abe, has emerged as the governorship candidate of the SDP in Rivers State for the 2023 elections.
Abe was elected during a primary conducted in Port Harcourt and supervised by the Independent National Electoral Commission senior officer, Pastor Emmanuel Isong.
Also at the primary were representatives from the Department of State Services, DSS and the Nigeria Police force was described as the fairest primaries ever held in the state.
Chairman of SDP substitution electoral committee, Alhaji Muhammed Ibrahim, declared Abe winner of the election unopposed, having pulled 30 votes.
