The All Progressives Congress, APC, Governorship Candidate in Rivers State, Tonye Cole, and his team on ward-to-ward consultation narrowly escaped assassination in the State.
The business Mogul and Co-founder of Sahara Group, however, declared he that he remained undeterred in his determination to ensure good governance in Rivers.
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Speaking through the Director-General of Tonye Cole Campaign Organisation, Dr Chidi Lloyd, He said the security detachment attached to him repelled the attackers from advancing to kill the Governorship Candidate and Pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God.
The statement reads, “Bloodbath was averted at Old Bakana, as gunmen alleged to be sponsored by a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) serving commissioner in Nyesom Wike’s Government from the area, opened heavy gunfire on Pastor Cole and his team, as they were carrying out ward-to-ward consultation in the Community.”
