The All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council has accused former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and the African Democratic Congress (ADC) of allegedly plotting to discredit the celebration’s presidential marketing campaign flag-off in Kaduna.
The council made the allegation in an announcement issued on Saturday by its spokesperson, Dele Alake, who claimed that Atiku and the ADC have been orchestrating a disinformation marketing campaign in opposition to President Bola Tinubu, Kaduna State Governor Uba Sani, and different APC leaders forward of the rally.
According to the assertion, the alleged marketing campaign concerned the circulation of deceptive studies, doctored paperwork, synthetic intelligence-generated content material and deepfake movies supposed to painting the APC rally negatively.
The council cited the circulation of {a photograph} of a safety car on routine patrol close to an APC marketing campaign billboard in Kaduna as one of many alleged makes an attempt to mislead the general public.
It claimed that the {photograph} was introduced in a fashion suggesting that safety personnel had been deployed to guard APC billboards.
The council additional alleged that Atiku shared a report primarily based on the incident on his official social media accounts, amplifying what it described as a deceptive narrative.
The APC marketing campaign council additionally raised considerations over a purported letter allegedly written by Governor Uba Sani to the Director-General of the APC Presidential Campaign Council, Senator Abdulaziz Yari, claiming that the Kaduna State Government had launched N2.3 trillion to host the rally.
Dismissing the reported expenditure as false, the council questioned the determine’s plausibility, arguing that it exceeded the mixed budgets of Kaduna State for 2024, 2025, and 2026.
It put the state’s budgets for the three years at N458.271 billion, N790.439 billion and N985.9 billion, respectively.
The council maintained that the figures contradicted the declare that N2.3 trillion had been spent on internet hosting the marketing campaign rally.
It additional alleged that previous, doctored and deepfake movies might be circulated in the course of the rally to create the impression that residents have been against the APC marketing campaign.
The council, nevertheless, didn’t present unbiased proof within the assertion to substantiate its allegations in opposition to Atiku and the ADC.
It urged Nigerians to stay vigilant and scrutinise data circulating on social media and different platforms.
The assertion described the alleged actions as makes an attempt to undermine the celebration’s marketing campaign and injury the reputations of its leaders.
The APC presidential marketing campaign flag-off is scheduled to carry in Kaduna on Saturday, October 24, 2026.
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