Decision of the governorship candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC) in the March 18 election in Rivers State, Tonye Cole, to sustain his petition at the election petition tribunal has been criticised by acclaimed leader of the party in the state, Tony Okocha.
•Candidate at liberty to challenge result without party, says lawyer
Okocha, who spoke in Port Harcourt, at the weekend, challenged the APC candidate to clear himself of the anti-party allegation levelled against him. Recall that on May 22, the state chapter of APC agreed to withdraw its petition against PDP and the Independent National Electoral Commission . Spokesman of Tonye Cole Campaign Organisation, Sogbeye Eli, said Cole, as the 1st petitioner on record, is still before the court. He noted that APC, as the 2nd petitioner on record, withdrew the petition through its legal representative, Solomon Umoh.
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