The All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Rivers State, Tonye Cole, has expressed optimism that the party would take part in the 2023 election in the state.
Justice Emmanuel Obile of the Federal High Court, Port Harcourt, had on November 24 disqualified Cole from the governorship race in the state over his dual citizenship status.
The judge added the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) did not monitor the primary election that produced Cole as APC governorship candidate in the state.
The INEC also disqualified the party from the 2019 governorship election in Rivers State after a court nullified the primaries conducted by factions of the party.
Cole, who addressed journalists at the launch of the “office of the citizen” by #FixPolitics, a civil society organisation (CSO) in Lagos, said the party was ready to appeal the matter at Supreme Court.
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