A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has disqualified the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, PATRICK TONYE-COLE over dual citizenship and non compliance to electoral act by his party.
The People’s Democratic Party in Rivers State had approached the court to direct INEC not to recognize PATRICK TONYE-COLE as the governorship candidate of APC for alleged dual citizenship and that the delegates election that brought him did not follow due process.
In his judgement Justice EMMANUEL OBILE agreed with the PDP that TONYE-COLE was not eligible to contest the governorship position and that the APC primary that brought in PATRICK TONYE-COLE was not monitored by INEC
At a briefing, the spokesperson of tonye Cole campaign council said the judgement was lopsided and would be appealed.
In his Reaction via a telephone chat one of the Counsels to PDP, DIKE UDENNA expressed happiness over the judgement
