@POLITICSNGR

A Bloodbath was averted on Friday, November 16, 2018, at Old Bakana as gunmen alleged to be sponsored by a PDP serving Commissioner in Nyesom Wike’s government from the area opened heavy gunfire on Pastor Tonye Cole and his team as they were carrying out ward-to-ward consultation in the community.

PoliticsNGR gathered that in a statement signed and made available to journalists by Chief Chidi Lloyd, DG, Tonye Cole Campaign Organisation explained that, “On arrival at the community and as is usual with the team, Tonye Cole and other leaders of the All Progressives Congress, APC, on the delegation had gone to pay a courtesy call on the traditional head of the community prior to commencement of the exercise when heavy gunfire erupted from all directions of the community.”

According to the statement, “Pastor Tonye Cole immediately showed courage and leadership by ordering his team members to remain calm indoors while the security detachment attached to the team were allowed to repel the advancing armed attackers.”

The statement reads: “It took a while before the marauding gunmen were repelled by the security men and the area secured. Subsequently, Pastor Cole directed that the exercise must go on at the designated arena after which the team departed to Bakana Town to continue with the exercise.

“The Tonye Cole Campaign Organisation and APC vehemently condemn the dastardly act of today reminiscent of what was carried out in 2015 against the APC and its governorship candidate in Okrika and other similar incidents carried out by PDP and their gunmen across Rivers State.

“We recall that just yesterday, instead of the PDP to tackle its internal crisis that has snowballed into open confrontation between them in Ikwerre Local Government, found it convenient to blame APC members. We alerted the world that the PDP leaders were merely pointing at the APC to cover up their internal turmoil. We also emphasised the fact that it was a ploy to prepare the grounds for them to commence another round of bloody attacks on APC members in the State. In just about 24 hours our fears have manifested.

“We would like to reiterate that the governorship candidate of our party, Pastor Tonye Cole, is a God-fearing gentleman whose only driving force to lead Rivers State is hinged on his conviction that every aspect of Rivers society is broken and needs urgent mending. He believes that if our youths are given jobs they will not make themselves available for such criminal enterprise as was exhibited today.

“Let us serve notice that forces of darkness behind today’s violence and their allies will never be able to deter, intimidate or stop Pastor Tonye Cole and his supporters from the task of providing the enabling environment to mend and pull our society out of backwardness, poverty and from the abyss of bad governance.

“We call on the Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Director of State Security Service and other security agencies to thoroughly and diligently investigate the incident of today and all such incidents with a view to bringing to justice those directly and indirectly behind them.”

Watch the Video HERE

https://politicsngr.com/gunmen-shoot-apc-gov-candidate-tonye-cole-meeting-watch/

Humn! Rivers Politics of blood for 2019 have started.Meanwhile until the alleged suspected have been arrested and convicted accordingly, this remains "hate speech".

K

hun

For those who didn't watch the video lemme summarize the video. Tonye Cole was addressing some issues in the town hall meeting with some elders when the gunshots started. Initially, he was forming James bond by pretending he didn't hear the gunshots but as it got louder, everyone started begging him to lie down flat on his stomach
From the video, his own political thugs were armed with pistols and were returning fire. My question is, why would Tonye Cole be using thugs for security when his party is in charge of the security apparatus in the state? He could have used army, Sars and police. Why thugs in black suit?

A successful billionaire business man like Tamunotonye! What is he finding in this dirty politics of a something. He will learn his lesson last last, he can ask the likes of Jimoh Ibrahim, Ifeanyi Ubah and co how politics has treated them!

2019 is still far and the action film already started.

I wish buhari can be bold enough like gej and tell Nigerians the his elections must not cost any human blood.

Good

The person that took the video must have been a friend to the bandits or bullet does not penetrate his body. politicians you people have continued to make sure that wonders dont end.

Rivers of blood

So how sure are you that it's the commissioner that sponsored the attack

1*I think this man is too soft to govern Rivers state
2* This is just the beginning, we all know how violent elections are in Rivers..
3* Don't mind these people, he (Tonye Cole) also have his own thugs that fights his political opponents


My point : Stay Safe

Nothing good comes from that end.

Everyone has a gun in rivers state.

but he is safe right?

how the mighty will fall soon is just a matter of some months

Again

Just yesterday a chieftain of Apc and organizing secretary wanjuko was murdered in cold blood by PDP thugs. Wike and his vultures have started again but we are going to match them this time. Drowning Governor.

WikeD boys
They have started killing APC members again in Rivers State.

how the mighty wike will fall soon is just a matter of some months

All man don lay low.
Please who was the man telling them to relax in that kind moment, nawa oo

Chidi Loyd, the Akpako master and one with a murder trial case? Abegi, you people have staged-managed this one to try and cover another you did on pdp chieftain that claimed lives. The other day in Abua last week your drivers rammed into two women and killed them at the spot, ordinarily as a tounted “pastor”, it has been expected of Tonye Cole to surrender himself and the killer driver to the police. Pastor pastor!

MODIFIED!

I have confirmed it was indeed an acting script by the APC. An dem dem otherwise I see no reason why if they actually came for a mission will end up just blasting some knockouts outside the hall. Someone please help me with that spitting Ijaw man’s picture

EliteBeautyBlog:
1*I think this man is too soft to govern Rivers state
2* This is just the beginning, we all know how violent elections are in Rivers..
3* Don't mind these people, he (Tonye Cole) also have his own thugs that fights his political opponents


My point : Stay Safe

The guy is too soft my sister, he's not a match to wike @ all.

I feel indifferent as both APC and PDP have their thugs.

Tonye cole will be be another osibanjo in politics

PoliticsNigeria:
@POLITICSNGR

A Bloodbath was averted on Friday, November 16, 2018, at Old Bakana as gunmen alleged to be sponsored by a PDP serving Commissioner in Nyesom Wike’s government from the area opened heavy gunfire on Pastor Tonye Cole and his team as they were carrying out ward-to-ward consultation in the community.

PoliticsNGR gathered that in a statement signed and made available to journalists by Chief Chidi Lloyd, DG, Tonye Cole Campaign Organisation explained that, “On arrival at the community and as is usual with the team, Tonye Cole and other leaders of the All Progressives Congress, APC, on the delegation had gone to pay a courtesy call on the traditional head of the community prior to commencement of the exercise when heavy gunfire erupted from all directions of the community.”

According to the statement, “Pastor Tonye Cole immediately showed courage and leadership by ordering his team members to remain calm indoors while the security detachment attached to the team were allowed to repel the advancing armed attackers.”

The statement reads: “It took a while before the marauding gunmen were repelled by the security men and the area secured. Subsequently, Pastor Cole directed that the exercise must go on at the designated arena after which the team departed to Bakana Town to continue with the exercise.

“The Tonye Cole Campaign Organisation and APC vehemently condemn the dastardly act of today reminiscent of what was carried out in 2015 against the APC and its governorship candidate in Okrika and other similar incidents carried out by PDP and their gunmen across Rivers State.

“We recall that just yesterday, instead of the PDP to tackle its internal crisis that has snowballed into open confrontation between them in Ikwerre Local Government, found it convenient to blame APC members. We alerted the world that the PDP leaders were merely pointing at the APC to cover up their internal turmoil. We also emphasised the fact that it was a ploy to prepare the grounds for them to commence another round of bloody attacks on APC members in the State. In just about 24 hours our fears have manifested.

“We would like to reiterate that the governorship candidate of our party, Pastor Tonye Cole, is a God-fearing gentleman whose only driving force to lead Rivers State is hinged on his conviction that every aspect of Rivers society is broken and needs urgent mending. He believes that if our youths are given jobs they will not make themselves available for such criminal enterprise as was exhibited today.

“Let us serve notice that forces of darkness behind today’s violence and their allies will never be able to deter, intimidate or stop Pastor Tonye Cole and his supporters from the task of providing the enabling environment to mend and pull our society out of backwardness, poverty and from the abyss of bad governance.

“We call on the Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Director of State Security Service and other security agencies to thoroughly and diligently investigate the incident of today and all such incidents with a view to bringing to justice those directly and indirectly behind them.”

Watch the Video HERE

https://politicsngr.com/gunmen-shoot-apc-gov-candidate-tonye-cole-meeting-watch/

The Governor of Rivers also ordered Tonye Cole to kill the people of Abua with his convoy I guess, as we read.

Fake news

egojeny1:

The guy is too soft my sister, he's not a match to wike @ all.

Not a match to WikeD violence..
The kind of this that the average Rivers Man likes. (Violence)

PoliticsNigeria:
@POLITICSNGR

A Bloodbath was averted on Friday, November 16, 2018, at Old Bakana as gunmen alleged to be sponsored by a PDP serving Commissioner in Nyesom Wike’s government from the area opened heavy gunfire on Pastor Tonye Cole and his team as they were carrying out ward-to-ward consultation in the community.

PoliticsNGR gathered that in a statement signed and made available to journalists by Chief Chidi Lloyd, DG, Tonye Cole Campaign Organisation explained that, “On arrival at the community and as is usual with the team, Tonye Cole and other leaders of the All Progressives Congress, APC, on the delegation had gone to pay a courtesy call on the traditional head of the community prior to commencement of the exercise when heavy gunfire erupted from all directions of the community.”

According to the statement, “Pastor Tonye Cole immediately showed courage and leadership by ordering his team members to remain calm indoors while the security detachment attached to the team were allowed to repel the advancing armed attackers.”

The statement reads: “It took a while before the marauding gunmen were repelled by the security men and the area secured. Subsequently, Pastor Cole directed that the exercise must go on at the designated arena after which the team departed to Bakana Town to continue with the exercise.

“The Tonye Cole Campaign Organisation and APC vehemently condemn the dastardly act of today reminiscent of what was carried out in 2015 against the APC and its governorship candidate in Okrika and other similar incidents carried out by PDP and their gunmen across Rivers State.

“We recall that just yesterday, instead of the PDP to tackle its internal crisis that has snowballed into open confrontation between them in Ikwerre Local Government, found it convenient to blame APC members. We alerted the world that the PDP leaders were merely pointing at the APC to cover up their internal turmoil. We also emphasised the fact that it was a ploy to prepare the grounds for them to commence another round of bloody attacks on APC members in the State. In just about 24 hours our fears have manifested.

“We would like to reiterate that the governorship candidate of our party, Pastor Tonye Cole, is a God-fearing gentleman whose only driving force to lead Rivers State is hinged on his conviction that every aspect of Rivers society is broken and needs urgent mending. He believes that if our youths are given jobs they will not make themselves available for such criminal enterprise as was exhibited today.

“Let us serve notice that forces of darkness behind today’s violence and their allies will never be able to deter, intimidate or stop Pastor Tonye Cole and his supporters from the task of providing the enabling environment to mend and pull our society out of backwardness, poverty and from the abyss of bad governance.

“We call on the Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Director of State Security Service and other security agencies to thoroughly and diligently investigate the incident of today and all such incidents with a view to bringing to justice those directly and indirectly behind them.”

Watch the Video HERE

https://politicsngr.com/gunmen-shoot-apc-gov-candidate-tonye-cole-meeting-watch/

rubbish another stunts...Diz one sef wey be heavy philanderer niccur don turn PASTOR BECAUSE OF GULLIBILITY...If people actually serve their God not edifices this nonsense would av stopped...Even peter obi sef my man don go add Gregory..Hmmm politics they make people remember all their names who nor get extra,baba collect PASTOR TITLE.Smh.

Omo, rivers go bloody mehn'

It is well.

Election in Rivers State is always do or die.