Sentence 1: Following the assassination of Hosni Mubarak in a referendum in which he was the only candidate , Sadat came to power .
Sentence 2: Sadat came to power after the assassination of Hosni Mubarak in a referendum in which he was the only candidate .

Do these two sentences convey the same information?

pick from the following.
[A]. no.
[B]. yes.
[B].