The All Progressives Congress
(APC) has reacted to allegations by a former presidential aide, Reno Omokri,
that the party was secretly reaching out to him for friendship.
Edegbe Odemwingie, APC Assistant
Director, Publicity, in a statement said Omokri’s claim is
based on interactions he had on Twitter with one Philip Obin who manages a
Twitter handle, “@APCNigeria”.
He recalled that the party had on
several occasions distanced itself from the “now notorious twitter handle
following unauthorized tweets and subsequent false reports credited to the
Party on the outcome of the Benue South Senatorial rerun election (February 21,
2016) and an “Assessment Poll” on President Muhammadu Buhari Administration
(May 31, 2017), among others.”
Odemwingie added: “Despite our
rebuttals, Mr. Obin has continued to impersonate the Party through the twitter
handle, “@APCNigeria”.
“For the avoidance of doubts, we
wish to state that Philip Obin was one of the numerous youth volunteers for our
party during the 2015 elections.
“He administered the Twitter
handle at the time. But despite numerous appeals to him by various well meaning
party representatives, to hand over the handle, Mr. Obin has refused and in
defiance continues to use it to misrepresent the Party.
“In essence, therefore, Obin’s
interactions with Omokri are in his personal capacity and do not involve Party
in any way.
“Giving this latest incident, the
Party is now left with no option than to take other lawful actions to restrain
Obin from further embarrassing the Party.
“The general public is yet again
reminded that the Twitter handle @APCNigeria is not a Twitter handle of the All
Progressives Congress.”
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