-APC dismisses false report assessing performance of the Muhammadu Buhari government
-The party released a statement today in Abuja, discrediting the misleading report
-The report was fabricated by a false twitter handle of the All Progressives Congress
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has denied that it conducted a mid-term poll to assess the performance of President Muhammadu Buhari’s government.
The party dismissed the poll as misleading information that was put forward by a certain twitter handle - @APCNigeria.
Reports say that the national publicity secretary of the APC Bolaji Abdullahi, issued a statement to the press in Abuja on Wednesday, May 30 denying the false report.
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The statement from the publicity secretary also criticized media houses which published the false report without seeking verification from the APC’s publicity department.
APC says it did not conduct the poll that rated President Buhari's performance very low
The statement read: “The attention of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been drawn to some false and misleading news reports that the Party conducted a poll to assess the performances of President Muhammadu Buhari administration.
“For the record, the APC has not conducted or authorised any assessment poll on the President Buhari administration. The media and indeed the general public are advised to ignore the questionable poll.
“The twitter handle, “@APCNigeria” with which the so called “assessment poll” was purportedly conducted is not the official twitter account of the APC.
“Unfortunately, media organisations that published the story did not verify from the Party’s Publicity department the authenticity of the unauthorised poll credited to the Party.
“Recall that the Party had on February 21, 2016 distanced itself from the twitter handle, “@APCNigeria” following a similar false report credited to the Party on the outcome of the Benue South Senatorial rerun election.”
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Meanwhile, NAIJ.com had reported on May 29, that some Nigerians were disillusioned with the Buhari government, as they lamented that that there is nothing to celebrate as cost of living is getting worse.
Watch this NAIJ.com TV video showing Nigerians lamenting the APC government
