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Thursday, November 24, 2022

Rivers Court Sacks Tonye Cole As APC Guber Candidate Over Dual Citizenship

A Federal High Court in Port Harcourt, on Thursday, disqualified Tony Cole as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Rivers State.

Tony Cole was sacked over dual citizenship. He is said to be a citizen of the United Kingdom.




Also, the court ruled that the APC did not comply with the Electoral Act that brought in Cole as the candidate of the party.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the State had approached the court to direct the INEC not to recognize Tonye Cole as the governorship candidate of APC for alleged dual citizenship and that the the delegate election that brought him did not follow due process having not been monitored by INEC.

In his judgment, Justice Emmanuel Obile agreed with the PDP that Tonye Cole is not eligible to contest governorship position in the state.

He thereafter directed INEC to delist the name of Tonye Cole from the list of eligible candidates for the 2023 Governorship election.

The decision of the court is however contrary to it’s earlier ruling on a preliminary objection in a suit by the APC against the PDP and it’s Governorship candidate Siminialaye Fubara, Daily Post reports.

In that suit, Justice Obile had ruled that no party has the right to interfere in the internal affairs of other political parties, adding that the court has no jurisdiction to entertain that case.

29 comments:

  1. When did having a dual citizenship become a problem? If na so e de be, all the Nigerians that won seats in the US House of Representatives would not stood a chance

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    1. For your information, you cannot be a member of the United States House of Representatives if you are a dual citizen.

      It’s also in the Nigerian Constitution that a dual citizen cannot be Governor of president.

      Make una get informed

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    2. Haba, pls sometimes before u drop comments like this read up. No country in the world will give you a sensitive appointment like a governor or president if you have dual citizenship because of the issue of loyalty. Even military too, as liberal as the US is, you have to denounce ur other citizenship bfr they let you in their armed forces. Or u think Rishi Sunak the PM of UK has Indian citizenship? That guy is british highest, they would say of Indian ancestry.

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    3. First Anon I’m laughing at the confidence in your ignorance. Please read up.

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  2. Wike at work. Party aside Cole would have been the best bet for Rivers.

    That aside. Is PMB not from Niger? What about Atiku is he not rumored to to be from Cameron or have some affiliations?

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  3. I tire oh
    I think say na me no understand English
    Wen did having dual citizenship become a problem
    No worry , those of the politicians wey born for abroad and when their children grow wan come contest we go remind dem this

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    1. This has been happening for long sir, u can't be a dual citizen and tend to enjoy the same opportunity..

      Check our constitution now

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  4. Wat sort of dirty excuse is this??smh

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    1. Sec 28, 66(1), 137.. of the 1999 constitution. Pls read up and find ur dirty excuse there.

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  5. Wike be giving the opposition parties a run for their money.

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  6. The law is the law until it's changed.

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  7. It is in the constitution that been a dual citizen you have to renounce one for the other even in USA ,all those winning elections abroad are not Nigerian citizen they are only Nigeria by colour ,youth should not only come to internet to abuse people but also enrich their knowledge so as not to look like fools in their own affairs

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    1. So true. I remember that Boris Johnson had to renounce his American citizenship too. It's not about Wike, is in the constitution.

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  8. Wike has the PH judiciary in his pocket whatever he says is what the verdict will be ..This is very bad ..he has been hounding and harassing Tonye he doesn't even want him to contest ..if his chosen man is that popular why dont you want anyone to stand against him??

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    1. It is not about Wike and the Judiciary, it is our constitutional law.

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    2. Stop being emotional go and read your constitution.

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  9. If the governorship means so much to him, he should renounce his UK citizenship.
    That's if he stands a chance.

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  10. Oga T. Please choose one and choose wisely.

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  11. This is an existing judiciary system worldwide . You can’t hold any political position in any country if you’re a dual national. I’m surprised oga didn’t know this.

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  12. Tekena Iyagba of the boot party, is he not a dual citizen? Yet he has not bin disqualified? Double standards if you ask me?

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  13. At least I have learnt something today.

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    1. Yes oh. Moi aussi.

      Bianca Bruno

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  14. Former anambra governor is American. Dem no follow the law there.

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