‘Allegation against Kogi APC Campaign DG Unfounded’

Ibrahim Oyewale in Lokoja

The Kogi State All Progressives Congress (APC) Governorship Campaign Council has dispelled the rumours making the round that its Director-General, who is also the Minister of Steel Development, Prince Shuaibu Abubakar Audu, was distributing network recharge cards that will automatically deactivate the voter’s card of the beneficiary.

This was contained in a statement signed by the Director of Media and Publicity of the state APC Governorship Campaign Council, Kingsley Femi Fanwo, and made available to journalists in Lokoja yesterday.

The statement said: “The attention of the state APC Governorship Campaign Council has been drawn to a reckless falsehood to the effect that our Campaign DG, Prince Audu, was distributing recharge cards that will automatically deactivate the voter’s card of the beneficiaries.

“As ludicrous and mentally indolent as the allegations are, it is pertinent to set the record straight to save the unsuspecting public from the unbridled propaganda of the opposition.”  

“Their intent is to create panic, spread falsehood, and make it look like Kogi State is at war.

“They know they can’t win any election here because the people of Kogi State know the leaders they trust. Our Director General, Audu, has a reputation of transparency and respect for the rule of law. He possesses a capacity to be trusted and followed by the people. He does not need to contemplate any foul means of winning the election when his pedigree, antecedents, track record, and family background place him on a comfortable pedestal to ensure his people remain with the party that has served them so well and that will do better and more for the people at all levels.

“It is on this note we call on the people to disregard the figment of the imagination of the scripters of the fiction. Our party will win a free, fair, and credible election on November 11. Kogi State is APC and APC is Kogi State.”