APC reacts to Reno Omokri claims, denies reaching out to him via social media
- The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has denied reaching out to Pastor Reno Omokri
- Omokri, a media aide to former President Goodluck Jonathan, has said the party is making entreaties to him via its Twitter page
- The APC denied the allegation, informing Nigerians that the page is not being handled by its officials
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has denied reaching out to Pastor Reno Omokri, via micro-blogging site, Twitter.
Omokri, a media aide to former President Goodluck Jonathan, had tweeted that the ruling party wass making entreaties to him via its Twitter page.
In a statement sent to NAIJ.com by its assistant director, publicity, Edegbe Odemwingie, the party disowned one Philip Obin, who handles the @APCNigeria Twitter account and denied reaching out to Omokri.
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According to the statement, “the party had on several occasions distanced itself from the now notorious twitter handle, @APCNigeria 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.
“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.”
Meanwhile, youths under the aegis of Younger Stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (YSAPC) have called on Asiwaju Bola Tinubu to constitute a formidable team that will include them to help his reconciliation assignment in the ruling party.
They made the demand during a press briefing on Tuesday, March 13, in Abuja through one of the leaders, Dominic Alancha, on the outcome of their meeting.
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Source: Naija.ng