A former ally of the immediate past Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi and an ex-chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, Senator Magnus Abe, has emerged the Governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the state.
He representated Rivers South East Senatorial District in the Senate.
Senator Magnus Abe has since turned a strong opponent of Hon. Rotimi Amaechi within the APC before he emerged the governorshop candidate of the SDP at a substitution primary conducted by the party.
The primary election was supervised by an official of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Emmanuel Isong, in Port Harcourt on Saturday.
The Chairman of the substitution electoral committee of the SDP Governorship primary in Rivers State, Muhammed Ibrahim said Abe scored the entire 30 valid votes cast in the election to emerge the winner.
Magnus Abe was represented at the primary by his proposed running mate, Patricia Ogbonnaya.
However, last Wednesday, Senator Abe who could not get the APC governorship ticket in Rivers announced his exit from the party.
On Friday, his spokesperson, Parry Benson, announced that the former federal lawmaker has pitched his tent with the SDP.
