Police Invites APC Gov Candidate, Tonye Cole Over Murder Allegation

Rivers State Police Command has invited the All Progress Congress (APC) governorship candidate, Tonye Cole over allegations of murder.

VerseNews Nigeria reports that the Commissioner of Police Okon Effiong on Wednesday  April 5, confirmed the invitation following the clash between the APC and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)

According to Effiong; “Tonye Cole was asked to come with his aides who are policemen because the allegation against him is that his aides shot and killed somebody.”

He also clarified that they were also inviting some members of the PDP in relation to the same allegations.

“On the other side, the Chairman of Ikwerre Local Government, the Deputy Speaker of the House of Assembly, and the Chairman of PHALGA were invited to come and equally help the police with an investigation,” he said.

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This Online News Media reported that there was a clash which led to protest on Monday April 3 between the members of PDP and APC at the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

The both parties had demanded for equal access to the Certified True Copies of election documents.

During the argument, a security officer attached to Cole shot in the air which hits an unidentified person and was rushed to the hospital. Speaking if someone was killed, the CP said; “We’re investigating, the allegation is that two people were shot and one person was killed but we’re now insisting that they should show us the corpse of the person who died and until that is done, we cannot confirm any death.”