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| Tonye Cole. |
The Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC for the March 11th elections in Rivers State, Tonye Cole, has once again proven that he is a man that is underhanded and knavish, and as such, Rivers people are warned about his two-faced tendencies, and should therefore not trust him with their vote as Governor of Rivers State.
It
has been noticed that Tonye Cole deleted the Facebook message which
congratulated Asiwaju Bola Tinubu on his victory in the recently concluded
presidential election. He published the message on the verified page of his
party, the All Progressives Congress (APC).
It
is speculated that he did this because his congratulatory message was received
with criticism from a section of social media users who are largely believed to
be loyal to the Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi.
The
post was deleted about one hour after it was published. Tonye Cole's quick
action in deleting the post shows that Mr. Cole is willing to do whatever it
takes to please the people he needs votes from and doesn't care about his own
party's values. This means that he is likely to change his positions in order
to please the people he needs support from, regardless of the consequences.
However,
realizing that the post may have offended supporters of Obi's LP and will cost
him the expected votes, he deleted it. This led to questions as to whether he
was dissociating himself from Tinubu and APC's victory in the presidential
election.
Tonye's
post had the potential to be seen as pro-Tinubu, which he perceived could
alienate those who are pro-Obi and are against APC's victory.
By
deleting the post, he was essentially trying to dissociate himself from any
possible political affiliations and salvage his chances of getting the expected
votes.
This
is the post he deleted:
"I
join millions of Nigerians to congratulate the President-Elect of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria, His Excellency, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu on his
resounding and expected victory at the just concluded presidential poll.
"When
you emerged as the presidential candidate of our great party, the All
Progressives Congress (APC), I had no doubt about your ability to lead our
party to our third triumph in the presidency because of your pedigree and
intimidating track record.
"Your
conquest is an attestation that the majority of Nigerians believe in the
milestones you achieved in Lagos State from 1999 to 2007, and your immense
contributions to our democracy over the years.
"This
victory is very important to Rivers State APC because our state is among the
states you won convincingly; this shows that our party is fully on the ground
in the state.
I
am looking forward to working with you when we replicate the same landslide
victory in our dear Rivers State on the 11th of March. - Tonye Cole,
mni"
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