Tonye Cole Reportedly Emerges Rivers APC Consensus Governorship Candidate
It was gathered that Cole emerged the consensus candidate of the APC after a meeting held on Friday night and attended by all 10 apsirants from the state riverine region.
Tonye Cole is a close ally of the Minister of Transportation,who was also in attendance at the meeting.
However, some members of the APC in Rivers are against the selection of Tonye Cole, accusing Amaechi of imposing him on them.
But a source at the meeting told Daily Post that the decision to pick Cole as the party’s consensus candidate was not taken by the Minister of Transportation.
According to the source, “the decision has just been made for Tonye Cole to fly the flag. It was not made by the Minister. It was made by the leaders of the party.
