Tonye Cole, an All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for governor of Rivers State in the March 18 election, has alleged that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) sent thugs to attack him and his team on Monday in order to prevent them from entering the INEC office in Port Harcourt.
The PDP candidate, Siminialayi Fubara, was declared the winner of the race, but Cole said he and other party leaders were beaten by thugs who had reportedly been dispatched by the PDP while trying to get election paperwork for a petition to protest the decision.
Speaking to newsmen in Port Harcourt, Cole said he was assaulted by thugs whom he said pelted him with water, food, and stones until he got injured.
