Disregard Fake News, our Convention will Hold in February – APC

Disregard Fake News, our Convention will Hold in February – APC

By Kabir Akintayo

The All Progressives Congress (APC), has advised the General public to disregard the news circulating on social media and some news outlet, that the planned convention scheduled for February has been suspended till June.

Secretary of the  APC Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), Sen John James Akpanudoedehe, in a statement released on Wednesday said “Dates for Party activities such as meetings, Primaries, Congresses, National Conventions are communicated through well-known official channels and not through ‘sources’.”

The statement reads in part.

“The faceless authors and sponsors of fake news on APC activities, in this case the planned National Convention are simply bent on causing confusion and formenting crisis through misinformation. We should not enable them.”

“As a focus-driven, process-oriented political party, the APC Caretaker Committee under the leadership of Governor Mai Mala Buni will not be distracted by self-serving antics of these sponsors of fake news. The APC Caretaker Committee is already embarking on nationwide consultations with Party stakeholders to prepare the ground for a rancour-free National Convention. To this end, the sub-committee on budgeting and other substructures will be set up in due course.”

“Finally, the Party notes and appreciates the continued support of well-meaning members and leaders as the APC Caretaker Committee undertakes the immediate task of addressing contestations within the Party, litigations, fallouts of recently-conducted Congresses and generally reposition the Party ahead of the National Convention.”