*Dele Alake, Spokesperson APC Presidential Campaign Council alleges through subterfuge and mindless propaganda that former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar and the African Democratic Congress have perfected to misinform and disinform the public, manipulate public opinion through fake news operations in a bid to discredit the APC rally at the weekend, in Kaduna, Northern Nigeria
Alexander Davis | ConsumerConnect
The All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council has said it uncovered what it described as “a well-orchestrated, devious plan” by former Nigerian Vice-President Atiku Abubakar and his party to discredit the governing party’s presidential campaign flag-off slated for Saturday, October 24, 2026, in Kaduna, Northern region.
Dele Alake, Spokesperson of the APC Presidential Campaign Council, in a statement at the weekend, said through subterfuge and mindless propaganda, Atiku and the African Democratic Congress have perfected their plans to misinform and disinform the public, manipulate public opinion through fake news operations and planting of false news in mainstream news platforms and social media with the use of Artificial Intelligence, deepfake videos, and counterfeit documents, all in a bid to discredit the APC rally in Kaduna, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Governor Uba Sani, and leaders of our party.
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Alake stated: “In the last 24 hours, we have seen these tactics deployed to mislead the unsuspecting public.
“It began with the mischievous release of a picture of a security vehicle on a routine patrol, innocuously stationed at a junction near one of APC’s numerous campaign billboards in Kaduna metropolis.”
The statement noted Atiku and the ADC propaganda machinery twisted the narrative, claiming the security agents were there to protect the APC billboards in Kaduna.
It said they later did story in a national newspaper known for its anti-government and anti-APC editorial stance.
According to the governing APC, immediately after the newspaper published the fake, distorted story, Ati5ku Abubakar, in a coordinated manner, latched onto it and shared it on his official social media handles to generate traffic and trends.
According to the APC Presidential Campaign Council, not too long after the first episode of the well-choreographed plot, Atiku Abubakar and ADC agents of disinformation released yet another fake letter online purportedly written by Governor Uba Sani and addressed to the Director-General of the APC Presidential Campaign Council, Senator Abdulaziz Yari, on the release of N2.3 trillion by the Kaduna State Government to host the APC rally.
The Spokesperson of the APC Presidential Campaign said: “We are still at a loss as to how anyone can imagine and concoct this senseless and utterly baseless lie that defies logic and basic common sense.
“How much is the entire annual revenue of Kaduna State, or any state, for that matter, that a state would spend N2.3 trillion to host a rally?”
How further stated the N2.3 trillion that Atiku and his hirelings are circulating online is more than Kaduna State’s annual budget for three years.
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For context, the combined Kaduna State budgets for 2024 (N458.271 billion), 2025 (N790.439 billion), and 2026 (N985.9 billion) are still less than N2.3 trillion.
Alake noted: “We know these two scenarios are only a part of the grand plan.
“The ADC and Atiku’s hirelings have also perfected plans to circulate old, doctored, and deepfake videos as the rally gets underway later today to show purported resentment by the people.”
He restated: “We hereby take this opportunity to alert the general public about this malicious and ignoble plan.”
It is a fact that Atiku Abubakar and the ADC, his special-purpose vehicle, are incapable of winning any election, stated Alake.
He said: “They will pull any strings, no matter how despicable and atrocious, to stay afloat in their desperate bid to grab power at all costs.
“We urge Nigerians to be vigilant and reject their machinations.”