- The presidency has berated the PDP for claiming that the EFCC recently arrested the son of Atiku Abubakar
- Following the opposition's allegation, the presidency on Monday, December 10, said that the PDP is a leader of spreading fake news
- Moreover, the anti graft agency has denied raiding the homes of the sons of the PDP's presidential candidate
The presidency has dismissed the story about the raid “ordered by Buhari-led government” on the home of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)'s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar’s son as fake news.
Malam Garba Shehu, the senior special assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on media and publicity, in a statement in Abuja on Monday, December 10, also described as untrue the fairy tale on the alleged blockage of the bank accounts of Atiku Abubakar’s running mate, Peter Obi, and his family, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.
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He said these stories should be dismissed “as just another manifestation of the Peoples Democratic Party’s growing expertise in fake news’’.
He said: “Nigerians must be becoming wary by now, of a political party with absolutely nothing to offer in the coming elections and has instead, transformed into a knight in shining armor, slaying the truth.
“In this so-called transformation, PDP has changed into nothing but to a ceaselessly flowing stream of fake news.
“It is impossible to find in Nigeria today, anyone propagating fake news more than the PDP. Our advice to Nigerians is: ignore them.’’
The PDP had on Saturday, December 8, alleged that the accounts of its vice-presidential candidate, Peter Obi, had been frozen.
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The party, in a statement by its director, media and Publicity, Kola Ologbondiyan, pointed accusing fingers at the governing party All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for the alleged frozen accounts.
NAN reports that the EFCC has since dismissed the PDP’s allegation, claiming ignorance of such incident.
Earlier, Legit.ng reported that the EFCC, on Monday, December 10, denied raiding the homes of the sons of Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the PDP, and arresting them as reported earlier.
The anti graft agency said: "We have received several calls and email messages asking us to confirm the arrest of the sons of the Presidential Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, as being alleged in some quarters. Some only said we raided the apartments of Atiku’s son’s looking for foreign currencies. This is nothing but another tales by moonlight."
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