Olayinka had tweeted on December
19, 2017 that Abdullahi purportedly told Nigerians that the cause of the
current fuel scarcity was because the economy has improved so much that more
Nigerians were buying cars.
However, in a statement by its
Assistant Director of Publicity, Edegbe Odemwingie, the APC said Abdullahi has
commenced legal action against Olayinka as his lawyers have written to him to
disclaim the said statement or be sued for damages.
The statement reads: “the All
Progressives Congress (APC) wishes to again disown the statement attributed to
its National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi that the cause of the
current fuel scarcity is because the economy has improved so much that more
Nigerians are buying cars.
“At no time did Mallam Abdullahi
make such statement or even implied it.
“The statement was a pure
fabrication by one Lere Olayinka, a media aide to Governor Ayodele Fayose of
Ekiti State, who made the alleged tweet on December 19, 2017, without citing
any source and was rightly ignored by right thinking people.
“Our Party immediately issued a
disclaimer, warning the general public to be wary of the said Olayinka for
being notorious for peddling fake news.
“We have been compelled to issue
this disclaimer yet again as there appears to be a deliberate ploy to soil the
reputation of Mallam Abdullahi through the spread of this fiction.
“We also wish to note that Mallam
Abdullahi has commenced legal action against Mr Olayinka as his lawyers have
written to him to disclaim the said statement or be sued for damages.
“We once again appeal to the
media to corroborate information attributed to us from our official media
channels.”
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