The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun (right) on Friday receiving the report of the Party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) Technical Committee from the its Chairman, Governor of Plateau State, Barr. Simon Lalong (left) at the Party’s National Secretariat in Abuja
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described as false allegations by Mr. Reno Omokri, former Assistant to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan on new media, that an April 5, 2018 report published on the website of a national newspaper, titled: ‘APC secretly reaching out to me for friendship – Reno’, was an overture to him for friendship
Omokri and the APC had reportedly exchanged tweets on the party’s official handle, leaving the former assistant to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan with the impression the party was probably courting his friendship.
In the tweet, according to APC, “Go through the tweets at @renoomokri. That’s the timeline of a pastor – a man of God. Dear Pastor, here is why we don’t reply you, Sir: “Love your enemies. Do good to those who hate you. Speak well of those who curse you” – Luke 6:27-28. Enjoy the rest of your day, Pastor!” Omokri had said, in response, “No @APCNigeria. That is not why you don’t respond to me. Be honest enough to tell Nigerians the truth. You have been secretly reaching out to me until I warned you not to ever DM me again else I would expose you and today is the day of your exposure.”
In a statement by Edegbe Odemwingie, Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the party, the APC said; “The report shows that Mr. Omokri’s allegation is based on interactions he had on twitter with one Philip Obin who manages a twitter handle, “@APCNigeria”.
“Recall that 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.”
