The APC asks the Inspector General of Police to order an urgent and thorough investigation into incidents of violent attacks on leaders and members of our party in Rivers State, and to bring the sponsors and perpetrators to justice.
The party, in a statement on Wednesday by its National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, said the attacks on its members are being sponsored by the Peoples Democratic Party .PREMIUM TIMES reported that Tonye Cole, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress was reportedlyMr Cole was at the INEC office to obtain documents to lodge a petition against INEC’s declaration of Siminialayi Fubara as the winner of the 18 March governorship election in the state.
The relationship between the APC at the national level and the Rivers State chapter could best be described as lukewarm since the presidential election. In the course of the campaign, Governor Nyesom Wike, the leader of the G5 governors and the president-elect, Bola Tinubu appeared to have formed an informal alliance for the presidential election.alleged“There are those of us who opposed the reappointment of Yakubu Mahmood. The person who nominated him is a member of Tinubu’s camp.
Furthermore, the party said the thugs are trying to prevent Mr Cole from getting vital documents that will aid the governorship election petition.*ATTACK ON APC MEMBERS IN PORT HARCOURT IS BARBARIC, DESERVES URGENT AND THOROUGH INVESTIGATION* This barbaric and unprovoked attack occurred during a visit to the Independent National Electoral Commission’s office by Mr Tonye Cole, APC Governorship Candidate, Dr. Innocent Barikor, Deputy Governorship Candidate, Mr Emeka Beke, State Chairman of the Party and 3 other party officials to obtain the Certified True Copies of vital documents in the March 18 Governorship and House of Assembly elections.
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