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Tinubu: APC Sends Strong Warning To Opposition Parties Over Allegation

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Nov 14, 2022.

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Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has warned opposition parties against tarnishing image of its flag bearer, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

EKO HOT BLOG reports that the campaign council said Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has continued to spread fake news about Tinubu calling that he should withdraw from the presidential race.

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Recall that Arise Television had earlier aired a false report that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had commenced investigation into a case of criminal forfeiture against him.

The station has however apologized to the presidential candidate for such fake allegation after INEC released a press statement to debunk the false information.

Despite apology by Arise Television, PDP through its Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, had continued to drag APC’s candidate to withdraw from the race.

The campaign council had noted that such fake news and campaign of calumny against the presidential ambition of Tinubu by the opposition is ridiculous.

In a statement by APC’s Director of Media and Publicity, Bayo Onanuga, the campaign council is calling on the police to investigate those behind the forged letter with the signature of INEC National Commissioner, Festus Okoye and its letterhead.

Onanuga described the action as a desperate attempt to spread falsehood and disinformation in order to deceive member of the public into believing the forgery.

“The forged statement purportedly issued by INEC was disseminated to deceive the gullible public that INEC was investigating allegations against Asiwaju Tinubu that, they desperately hoped, will ultimately lead to the disqualification of the frontline APC presidential candidate.”

“We are not in any way surprised by the antics of the sinking opposition parties. What we found shocking was how quickly some compromised media organisations gulped the falsehood, hook, line and sinker, without attempting to verify,” the campaign council said.

The council noted that this is not the first time such allegation will be leveled against Tinubu but those involved “lost their bet”. It also blast the unethical manner at which the media is working with opposition parties to defame Tinubu.

“We understand why they did so: the forgery and its narrative fit their mindset of throwing overboard every known virtue of ethical journalism and professionalism, as they work in cahoot with the opposition to defame Asiwaju Tinubu.”

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“This inglorious path has been taken before since 2003 and in the run-up to the primary of the ruling APC that produced Asiwaju Tinubu as the presidential torch bearer. Those who took this damned path of infamy lost their bet because Asiwaju Tinubu stands rock solid and indestructible,” the council said in the statement.

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