The ruling All Progressives Congress has described as fake news a report that its planned National Convention has been suspended till June.
The party, on Wednesday, urged the general public to
disregard the report, just as it pointed out that dates for party activities
such as meetings, primaries, congresses, national conventions are communicated
through well-known official channels and not through ‘sources’.
National Secretary, APC Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention
Planning Committee, Senator John James Akpanudoedehe, disclosed this in a
statement titled ‘Update On APC National Convention.’
According to the statement, “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 fomenting 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.”