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Why Tinubu Openly Shunned APC Guber Candidate In His House After He Won – Chairman Reveals

Tony Okocha, the caretaker chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, has renewed accusations against Tonye Cole, the party’s governorship candidate in the last election, claiming he engaged in anti-party politics against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

In a statement released on Wednesday, Okocha criticized Cole for not featuring Tinubu’s image on any billboards, banners, or posters throughout the 2023 campaign season. He suggested that Cole secretly supported the PDP’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, despite being an APC member.

Okocha alleged that Tinubu was aware of Cole’s opposition, which he claimed was why Tinubu ignored Cole’s attempt to shake hands with him at his residence after the presidential victory.

Okocha stated, “First, it is no longer a hidden secret that Mr. Tonye Cole is an ardent supporter of the presidential candidate of the PDP in the last election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. Every Nigerian, including the leader of the APC, President Tinubu, and the National Chairman of the APC, is aware that Tonye Cole, Amaechi, Emeka Bekee, et al. massively supported Atiku Abubakar of the PDP during the last presidential election against the presidential candidate of the APC, Ahmed Bola Tinubu.”

He continued, “We are equally aware that the spectacular trashing of their master, Rt. Hon. Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi, by Tinubu, during the APC presidential primary election was not far from the reason why they abandoned and rejected Tinubu, and instead, opted for Atiku Abubakar.”

Okocha also noted, “No wonder President Tinubu was reluctant when he was speaking during the APC presidential campaign rally at Yakubu Gowon Stadium in Port Harcourt in 2022 to solicit votes for Tonye Cole from Rivers people, because he was fully aware that Tonye Cole was totally against him and the APC and was rather supporting Atiku Abubakar.”

He concluded, “Who does not know that throughout Tonye Cole’s campaign in Rivers State in 2023, there were none of his billboards, banners, or posters that featured the picture of Tinubu, his party’s presidential candidate? Tonye Cole, as instructed by Atiku Abubakar and Rotimi Amaechi, completely avoided any association with Tinubu throughout his campaign rallies.”

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