The
APC has emphatically denied ever congratulating opposition PDP candidate
and winner of Saturday’s Benue South senatorial rerun election, Senator
David Mark.
Online
media sources were awash with rumours that the party and its
representative for the rerun election may be at a crossroads, adding that while
the APC candidate, Daniel Onjeh, has rejected and protested the outcome of the
election, the party has already congratulated Mark after election commission
INEC declared him winner.
However,
in a release signed by National Secretary of the party, Mai Mala Buni, APC
argued that the so-called ‘congratulatory message’ on a twitter handle
purportedly belonging to the party did not come from the party,
warning the general public to beware of false messages.
According
to the ruling party: “The attention of the National Secretariat of the APC has
been drawn to some false online publications reporting that the party has
congratulated David Mark, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), candidate in last
Saturday’s Benue South senatorial rerun election.
“The
APC has not issued any congratulatory message on the Benue South Senatorial
rerun election. The ‘congratulatory message’ purportedly obtained from a
twitter handle, ‘@APCNigeria’, did not emanate from the party. The purported
twitter message itself is not credited to any APC official.
“The
general public is advised to ignore the false message. The APC reiterates that
only the National Chairman and the National Secretary officially speak for the
party.”
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