Tonto Dikeh hails herself after stepping down from the gubernatorial election
Tonto Dikeh, a Nollywood actress is praising herself amid her suspension from the gubernatorial election.
We reported that Tonto Dikeh and her co-runner had stunned fans by announcing they would be giving up their Governorship slots to another political party in Rivers State.
On her Facebook page, the former actress announced her intention to resign as APC Governorship Candidate.
Tonto Dikeh claims that she followed the advice from political elders, who suggested that joining forces with another party would increase the chance of unification and allow them to compete against the stronger PDP party.
She wrote: STRONGER TOGETHER FOR A UNITED RIVERS STATE..
Having carefully listened to the advise of elders and political leaders of Rivers State on the need for the opposition to look inwards and present a unified, competent and generally acceptable candidate with the capacity to win the March 18th gubernatorial elections, and the need for the opposition to prevent splitting its votes amongst several candidates, today we officially adopted Pastor Tonye Cole, Governorship Candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC) Rivers State as the consensus and unifying Candidate of the opposition. Upon his victory Tonye Cole will form a unity government comprising of the APC and other opposition parties in this alliance titled “Stronger Together for a United Rivers State”. I hereby call on all my supporters to vote for Tonye Cole of the APC this Saturday”.
In a new update, Tonto Dikeh has taken to her Instagram page to praise herself.
Tonto declared herself a warrior in the time of women warriors. She stated that she is tough, ambitious and I know exactly what I want.
“I am warrior in the mirror in the time of women warriors; the longtime for justice is the sword I carry” “I’m tough, I’m ambitious, and I knew exactly what I want. I AM WOMAN”.
