…..calls for postponement Following on the heels of back to back stays of execution recently granted the APC in Rivers state and the wild jubilations that erupted across the state, the APC Director of Strategic Communications for the Tonye Cole Campaign, Prince Tonye T.J.T Princewill has laughed at the possibility of elections holding in Rivers state without the APC and its candidates, saying that it would be an exercise in futility. He made the assertion in an interactive session with journalists where he was reacting to INEC’s suggestion that APC is not yet on the ballot. “Of course we are…
Author: Nwaorgu Faustinus
The Cole/Giadom Campaign Organisation has described today’s order by the Court of Appeal for a stay of execution of the judgment of the Federal High Court as a victory for democracy. According to a statement made available to journalists in Port Harcourt, Rivers State today by Ogbonna Nwuke, Spokesman Cole/Giadom Campaign Organisation said, “this is the second order of a stay of execution to be issued by the Port Harcourt Division of the Court of Appeal in favour of Pastor Tonye Cole and the APC.” Today’s matter which was heard by Judges of the Court of Appeal who began sitting…
In a space of less than two weeks, the apex Igbo socio-cultural association, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has endorsed the presidential candidacy of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, at the forthcoming presidential election. First, it was the National Executive Council of Ohanaeze that endorsed the Atiku/Obi ticket on Tuesday, January 22, 2019 in Enugu. Two days later, precisely on Thursday, January 24, 2019, the Imeobi of the group ratified the endorsement by the National Executive Council before it joined other leading socio-cultural groups from across the country in further sealing its endorsement of the PDP candidate. If there was any doubt as to the…
Cole Campaign Organisation has received with profound satisfaction the news of the landmark decision reached by the Court of Appeal presided over by his Lordship, Justice Ali Gumel, JCA. Ogbonna Nwuke, Spokesman, Cole/Giadom Campaign Organisation in a statements today said, “The Court in its wisdom stayed the execution of the judgment of the Federal High Court which had stood between the APC and its right to participate in the forthcoming general elections in Rivers State.” The statement reads: “Recall that Governor Nyesom Wike and the Peoples Democratic Party had dragged the Gubernatorial Candidate of the APC, Pastor Tonye Cole and other…
The scheduled visit of the wife of the President, Mrs. Aisha Buhari, to Rivers State today (Saturday) has been attributed as a way of showing appreciation to the people of the State and the entire South – South region of Nigeria by the Buhari family. A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the South-South, Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, who made the disclosure in a statement circulated in Port Harcourt today, also noted that the visit, which is scheduled for the flag-off of a national campaign outlet; President Buhari Campaign Organization Women, Youth Wing and the NGO ‘Future Assured’,…
As part of his whirlwind tour of potential hotspots in the 2019 elections, the US Ambassador to Nigeria, William Stuart Symington visited Rivers state where he paid a closed door visit to his old friend, the APC candidate for Rivers state, Pastor Tonye Cole, at his residence. They discussed, amongst other things, the Rivers State elections as an opportunity for good men and women to render true and sincere service to its people, the high expectations of the entire international community in Rivers State to deliver credible elections and the need for peace to prevail not only in our actions…
We are now emboldened – Cole INEC maintains status quo In another turn of events in the ongoing saga in Rivers state, the Magnus Abe faction of the APC were dealt a huge blow yesterday as the federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt declared his suit brought before it as lacking merit. This now paves the way for the hearing of the Appeals put forward by the recognized faction of APC led by Tonye Cole who are now seeking to dismiss the earlier Justice Nwogu ruling. The APC and their governorship candidate who applauded the decision, called on Sen.…
The recent endorsement of the governorship flag-bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers state, Pastor Tonye Cole, by all Kalabari monarchs and stakeholders has been described as the final nail in the coffin of Chief Nyesom Wike’s reign in the State. A chieftain of the APC in Rivers state, Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, who affirmed this in a statement circulated in Port Harcourt on Sunday, also commended the efforts of former two-time Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Alabo Tonye Graham-Douglas, for leading the Kalabari movement to support the governorship candidate of Pastor Tonye Cole in the…
Spokesman for the Tonye Cole Campaign Organisation, Ogbonna Nwuke says Governor Nyesom Wike has no moral right to ask Rivers people for a second tenure. Nwuke said this in reaction to the Governor’s New Year address that the present PDP government has squandered whatever is left of its goodwill. “Governor Wike has no moral right to approach the Rivers people for a second tenure in office. What is he really coming back to do? “Rivers people gave him a chance to serve them in 2015 after the abracadabra that took place. Rather than work for them, Wike turned against them…
