By Bukola Olasanmi
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) has denied alleged plans by its candidate, Bola Tinubu, to move Nigeria’s capital to Lagos.
The APC Campaign Council said Tinubu never contemplated such plans and would never do so as it goes contrary to the country’s constitution.
A statement issued on Tuesday and signed by Bayo Onanuga, the Director, Media and Publicity, APC Presidential Campaign Council, accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of championing the misinformation campaign against its candidate, saying some field reports had proved so.
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“The All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council hereby alerts Nigerians about the latest insidious campaign in some parts of the country against our candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
“In one of the falsehoods being circulated, especially in the North West of the country, Tinubu is said to harbour plans to relocate the Federal Capital from Abuja to Lagos on succeeding President Muhammadu Buhari from 29th May 2023.
“This misinformation campaign, according to field reports, is being given some traction by some elders on the payroll of the Peoples Democratic Party.
“Let us say with emphasis, that Asiwaju does not contemplate any such plan and will not do anything that is so ultra-unconstitutional,” the statement partly read.
It further lamented that some purveyors of fake news had also distorted facts about the recent commercialisation of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited.
It clarified that President Buhari had instead made it a commercial entity in line with the Petroleum Industry Act.