Facebook leak indicts FG, exposes APC as real enemy of Nigeria, says PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that Facebook’s revelation detailing the manipulations and misinformation in the 2019 general elections by the Federal Government and All Progressives Congress (APC) has further exposed them as schemers and real enemies of democracy and national cohesion.

In a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, it argued that the revelation exposed the APC “As a fraudulent and violent-loving party, whose divisive activities are now directly threatening the security stability of our nation.

“Indeed, the President Muhammadu Buhari Presidency and APC should hide their faces in shame, as Nigerians have seen that their professed sanctimony and ‘holier-than-thou’ claims are mere masquerading.

“Our party notes that there are more damning revelations against the APC, not only on its rigging of the general election, but also on how it is working against our nation, which will come to light at the appropriate time,” the statement reads.

The PDP said it was despicable that in their desperation to hold on to power at all costs, President Buhari’s handlers and the APC engaged in sneaky disinformation, Internet lies and smear campaigns against PDP Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar.

On the security allegations the PDP noted that it was unpardonable that instead of owning up, the Federal Government and the APC, through Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, are seeking to cover their tracks and divert public attention from their devious acts by making unsubstantiated allegations against PDP and Atiku.

“The Facebook revelation exposes how President Buhari, in his acclaimed integrity, allowed the enlisting of criminals, hackers and Internet fraudsters in a desperate attempt to manipulate the views of Nigerians against Atiku.

“But the failed as Nigerians have already made up their minds to do away with the incompetent, deceptive, vindictive and corrupt APC administration.

“Our party has information on how the APC had to resort to crude manipulation of the electoral process to muscle votes and alter election results after it failed in the smear campaign project.

The APC has now commenced a renewed plot to engage in fabricated security accusations against the PDP and our Presidential candidate in another desperate stunt to play the victim and divert attention from its endless election manipulations, all in the ill-fated attempt to demonise the PDP, hoodwink Nigerians and confer legitimacy on the outcome of the rigged election,” it added.