- Magnus Ngei Abe
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Magnus Ngei Abe Senator for Rivers South East Incumbent Assumed office
May 2011Preceded by Lee Maeba Personal details Born 24 May 1965
Nchia, Eleme, Rivers StatePolitical party People's Democratic Party (PDP) Magnus Ngei Abe (b. 24 May 1965) is a Nigerian politician who was elected Senator for the Rivers South East constituency of Rivers State, Nigeria in the April 2011 Federal elections. He ran on the People's Democratic Party (PDP) platform.
Magnus Ngei Abe was born on 24 May 1965 in Nchia, Eleme, Rivers State. He attended St. Patrick College, Ikot-Ansa, Calabar and Akpor Grammar School, Ozuoba. After obtaining an LL.B degree in Law, he was called to Nigerian Bar in 1987, starting work as a Pupil State Counsel for the Federal Ministry of Justice, Lagos. He went into private practice as a junior partner with Okocha & Okocha, Manuchim Chambers, later becoming a managing partner with Etim-Inyang, Abe in Port Harcourt.[1]
Abe entered politics in 1999 when he was elected into the Rivers State House of Assembly, serving as a Minority Leader. In 2003 he defected to the PDP, and from 2003 to 2007 he was Commissioner of Information in Rivers State in the administration of Governor Peter Odili.[2] When Governor Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi entered office in May 2007, Abe was appointed Secretary to the Rivers State Government. He resigned to compete for the position of Senator for Rivers South-East, but was then re-appointed as the Secretary to Rivers State Government.[1]
In the April 2011 elections, Abe gained 154,218 votes, ahead of Dr. Nomate Toate Kpea of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) with 34,978 votes.[3]
References
- ^ a b Magnus Abe. "My Profile". http://magnusabe.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14&Itemid=11. Retrieved 2011-05-06.
- ^ "Legislators deserve comfort but…, Hon. Abe". Peoples Daily. 24 December 2010. http://www.peoplesdaily-online.com/news/interviews/1787-legislators-deserve-comfort-but-hon-abe. Retrieved 2011-05-06.
- ^ "Collated Senate results". INEC. http://www.inecnigeria.org/downloads/?did=114. Retrieved 2011-05-06.
FCT Philips Tanimu Aduda (PDP)
S Ahmed Hassan Barata (PDP)
C Bello Mohammed Tukur (PDP)
N Bindo Jibrilla (PDP)NW Aloysius Akpan Etok (PDP)
NE Ita Enang (PDP)
S Helen Esuene (PDP)C Chris Ngige (ACN)
S Emmanuel Nnamdi Uba (PDP)
N John Okechukwuemeka (PDP)C Ahmed Abdul Ningi (PDP)
N Babayo Garba Gamawa (PDP)
S Adamu Gumba (PDP)W Heineken Lokpobiri (PDP)
E Clever Ikisikpo (PDP)
C Emmanuel Paulker (PDP)S David Mark (PDP)
NW George Akume (ACN)
NE Barnabas Andyar Gemade (PDP)C Ahmed Zanna (PDP)
N Maina Maaji Lawan (ANPP)
S Mohammed Ali Ndume (PDP)S Bassey Otu (PDP)
N Benedict Ayade (PDP)
C Victor Ndoma-Egba (PDP)S James Manager (PDP)
N Arthur Okowa Ifeanyi (PDP)
C Akpor Pius Ewherido (DPP)N Christopher Nwankwo (PDP)
S Sonni Ogbuoji (PDP)
C Paulinus Igwe Nwagu (PDP)S Ehigie Edobor Uzamere (ACN)
C Odion Ugbesia (PDP)
N Domingo Alaba Obende (ACN)C Babafemi Ojudu (ACN)
N Olubunmi Adetunbi (ACN)
S Anthony Adeniyi (ACN)N Ayogu Eze (PDP)
E Gilbert E. Nnaji (PDP)
W Ike Ekweremadu (PDP)C Mohammed Danjuma Goje (PDP)
N Sa'idu Ahmed Alkali (PDP)
S Joshua M. Lidani (PDP)E Chris Anyanwu (APGA)
W Hope Uzodinma (PDP)
N Matthew Ifeanyi Nwagwu (PDP)NE Abdulaziz Usman (PDP)
NW Danladi Abdullahi Sankara (PDP)
SW Abdulmumini M. Hassan (PDP)N Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed (CPC)
S Nenadi Usman (PDP)
C Mohammed Saleh (CPC)N Bello Hayatu Gwarzo (PDP)
S Kabiru Ibrahim Gaya (ANPP)
C Basheer Garba Mohammed (PDP)S Abu Ibrahim (CPC)
C Ahmed Sani Stores (CPC)
N Abdu U. Yandomi (CPC)S Mohammed Magoro (PDP)
C Abubakar Atiku Bagudu (PDP)
N Isa Muhammed Galaudu (PDP)E Emmanuel Dangana Ocheja (PDP)
C Nurudeen Abatemi Usman (PDP)
W Smart Adeyemi (PDP)C Bukola Saraki (PDP)
N Mohammed Shaaba Lafiagi (PDP)
S Simon Ajibola (PDP)E Gbenga Bareehu Ashafa (ACN)
W Ganiyu Solomon (ACN)
C Oluremi Tinubu (ACN)W Abdullahi Adamu (PDP)
N Yusuf Musa Nagogo (CPC)
S Suleiman Asonya Adokwe (PDP)E Dahiru Awaisu Kuta (PDP)
N Ibrahim Musa (CPC)
S Zainab Abdulkadir Kure (PDP)W Akin Babalola Kamar Odunsi (ACN)
C Olugbenga Onaolapo Obadara (ACN)
E Sefiu Adegbenga Kaka (ACN)N Robert Ajayi Boroffice (LP)
C Akinyelure Patrick Ayo (LP)
S Boluwaji Kunlere (LP)N Hosea Ayoola Agbola (PDP)
S Olufemi Lanlehin (ACN)
C Ayoade Ademola Adeseun (ACN)E George Thompson Sekibo (PDP)
S Magnus Ngei Abe (PDP)
W Wilson Asinobi Ake (PDP)E Abdullahi Ibrahim Gobir (PDP)
N Ahmed Muhammad Maccido (PDP)
S Umaru Dahiru (PDP)N Aisha Jummai (PDP)
C Abubakar Umar Tutare (PDP)
S Emmanuel G. Bwacha (PDP)W Ahmad Rufai Sani (ANPP)
C Kabir Garba Marafa (ANPP)
N Sahabi Alhaji Yaú (PDP)ACN: Action Congress of Nigeria - ANPP: All Nigeria People's Party - APGA: All Progressives Grand Alliance - CPC: Congress for Progressive Change - DPP Democratic People's Party - LP: Labour Party - PDP: People's Democratic Party
See also Members of the Senate of Nigeria in the 6th National Assembly (2007-2011) - Living people
- 1965 births
- Members of the Senate of Nigeria
- People from Rivers State
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