The Rivers State Police Command has invited the All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship candidate, Tonye Cole for questioning following a clash between members of the APC and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, on Monday.
This was confirmed by the Commissioner of Police Okon Effiong during a phone conversation with Channels Television on Wednesday afternoon.
The CP said, “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.”
CP Effiong also clarified that they were inviting some members of the PDP in relation to the same allegations, News About Nigeria.
“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.
Recall that there was a clash between members of both parties as the PDP stopped Cole and the APC from accessing the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the state to access Certified True Copies of election documents.
When asked whether or not someone actually died, the police commissioner 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. We’ve been able to see the person who was injured and it’s a bullet wound on the leg.”
There has been no comment from either Tonye Cole, the APC, or the PDP on this development.
