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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Former Rivers State Governorship candidate under the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Tonye Cole, has said that the recently concluded Local Governments\u2019 election in the state could have been done differently and better.<\/p>\n

Cole made this statement on Tuesday, while responding to questions in an interview on \u2018Prime Time\u2019, a programme on Arise Television.<\/p>\n

He said even though he does not like how the exercise was done, everyone has to move on.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the things that we have to be very careful about is that democracy is something that is continuous.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow, if we begin to ignore how the people feel, and we ignore the laws and the rules of democracy, and we set our own rules. I think it\u2019s a very dangerous trend.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve already spoken about the local government elections. I feel that we could have done it differently. It could have been done better. It could have been done with a much more holistic approach of engaging people and making sure that they understand that this is a process that affects their ultimate well being.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t agree with the way the elections were done, but it is done; all we have to do is move on to the next one,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Nigeria<\/span> Follow Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. Former Rivers State Governorship candidate under the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Tonye Cole, has said that the recently concluded Local Governments\u2019 election in the state could have been done differently and better. 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