Politics
BREAKING: Court Sacks Tonye Cole As APC Governorship Candidate In Rivers
Tonye Cole, the All Progressives Congress governorship candidate in Rivers State, was disqualified by a Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt on Thursday for having dual citizenship.
Tonye Cole is said to be a British citizen.
The court also ruled that the APC violated the Electoral Act by nominating Cole as the party’s candidate.
The Rivers State Peoples Democratic Party had petitioned the court to order the Independent National Electoral Commission not to recognize Tonye Cole as the APC’s governorship candidate due to alleged dual citizenship and that the delegate election that brought him did not follow due process because it was not monitored by INEC.
In his decision, Justice Emmanuel Obile agreed with the People’s Democratic Party that Tonye Cole is ineligible to run for governor.
He then directed INEC to remove Tonye Cole’s name from the list of eligible candidates for the 2023 Governorship election.
Speaking to reporters outside the courtroom, PDP counsel Dike Udenna expressed satisfaction with the decision, claiming that it means the APC will have no governorship candidate in the 2023 general election.
READ ALSO: Rivers: APC Keeps Mum On Tonye Cole’s Endorsement As Consensus Governorship Candidate
Collins Dike, counsel to the APC, stated that the APC will appeal the decision to the Court of Appeal.
He said that because he was born in Nigeria, the Nigerian constitution allows him to run for governor.
According to the lawyer, Tonye Cole “voluntarily acquired the citizenship of the United Kingdom,” which does not preclude him from voting in the election.
Politics
Soludo Visits Tinubu, Goes Into Closed Door Session With President
Anambra State Governor, Prof Chukwuma Charles Soludo, on Thursday, paid a courtesy visit to the President, Bola Tinubu, GCFR at the State House.
Report by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Soludo, Mr Chris Aburime stated that President Tinubu received the Anambra State Governor with excitement, describing him as his long standing friend of over 22 years.
Aburime said, “The President used the occasion to further congratulate Governor Soludo on his landslide victory in the just concluded Anambra gubernatorial election.
READ ALSO:UPDATED: INEC Declares Soludo Winner Of Anambra Guber Poll
“Recall that President Tinubu had earlier issued a congratulatory message to Governor Soludo immediately the governorship election was concluded.”
Governor Soludo was declared winner with 73% of the votes cast by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.
Other details of the meeting were, however, not disclosed as the press Secretary told DAILY POST that both men went into a closed door meeting after the reception.
Politics
2027: I Will Resign If Tinubu Loses In Edo – Governor Okpebholo
Edo State Governor Monday Okpebholor has vowed that President Bola Tinubu will win the 2027 presidential election in Edo State.
Okpebholor in an interview captured in a viral video vowed to resign if the outcome of the 2027 election does not favour the president in Edo State.
According to him, the entire people in Edo State are ready to vote for the president, citing projects that his (Okpebholor) administration executed since the All Progressives Congress, APC took over the state.
READ ALSO:Okpebholo Fires EDOGIS Managing Director
He claimed that there is no opposition in the state, stressing that everyone is supporting the ruling party ahead of the 2027 elections.
He said, “There is no opposition here in Edo everybody is for Asiwaju in this state.
“Tinubu is more popular than me in Edo state. If he doesn’t win the presidential election in Edo in 2027, I will resign.”
Politics
JUST IN: El-Rufai Formally Joins ADC
Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has formally joined the African Democratic Congress, ADC.
El-Rufai, a founding member of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, left the party earlier this year for the Social Democratic Party, SDP.
READ ALSO:JUST IN: Atiku Officially Joins ADC, Registers With Party In Adamawa
In his resignation letter from the SDP, dated November 26, 2025, the former governor stated that his focus is on contributing to the strengthening of a unified democratic platform that can offer a credible political alternative to the people of Nigeria.
“I wish to notify that I have resigned my membership of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, effective 26 November, 2025,” he said.
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