 Former representative of Rivers South East Senatorial District, Senator Magnus Abe, has officially declared to run for the governorship seat in the state in 2023 under the All Progressives Party, APC. Abe made the declaration during the inauguration of Bola Medinubu Vangad in Gokana Local Government Area of Rivers State. He, however, said he would only support anyone who emerges APC's governorship candidates in the state under a free, fair and equitable contest, warning that anything short of that would be resisted. We don't need an upland candidate that is going to win, but what we need is a reverse candidate that is known to the river people, that has the capacity, that has the chart record, that has the integrity to be able to deliver the kind of way that river people expect. That I, Senator Magnus Abe, will not say that Senator Abe must be the candidate of the APC University. I have always said, and I will repeat, if you have a fair, free, equitable contest and somebody emerges from that process, I, Magnus, Ngei, Abe, will support whoever emerges from such a process. And that's what we need.