{"id":17865,"date":"2019-05-13T20:48:33","date_gmt":"2019-05-13T20:48:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=17865"},"modified":"2019-05-13T20:48:33","modified_gmt":"2019-05-13T20:48:33","slug":"apc-cautions-on-fake-news-on-kogi-bayelsa-governorship-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=17865","title":{"rendered":"APC Cautions on Fake News on Kogi, Bayelsa Governorship Elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By\u00a0<strong>Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu,\u00a0<\/strong>National Publicity Secretary, All Progressives Congress (APC)<br \/>\nThe All Progressives Congress (APC) cautions party members, supporters and the general public on the fake news being spread in the social media on the upcoming Kogi and Bayelsa State governorship elections.<br \/>\nWe had initially ignored the fake statements but it has become necessary to debunk the several fake quotes, which are increasingly gaining traction, particularly many of such statements being ascribed to the Party and the National Chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole.<br \/>\nIt should be noted that neither the party nor the National Chairman has made any statement at any forum regarding these elections. The numerous quotes being ascribed to the party and the National Chairman are mere fabrications intended for mischief.<br \/>\nAPC has demonstrated absolute fidelity to the best democratic practices in the manners the party has conducted its affairs so far. As a progressive party, we are focused on even doing better as we look forward to the commencement of a new 4-year tenure.<br \/>\nIn line with President Muhammadu Buhari\u2019s vision for our country and APC\u2019s continued effort towards deepening participatory democracy, the National Working Committee (NWC) will abide by the rules at every stage of the process of primary elections. Consequently, the party will provide a level playing field to all aspirants.<br \/>\nRelevant information and the official party guidelines for the respective elections will be released by the party through official channels in due course. Hence, the Party strongly advice that the fake news and quotes be ignored.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By\u00a0Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu,\u00a0National Publicity Secretary, All Progressives Congress (APC) The All Progressives Congress (APC) cautions party members, supporters and the general public on the fake news being spread in the social media on the upcoming Kogi and Bayelsa State governorship elections. We had initially ignored the fake statements but it has become necessary to debunk [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":12328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17865"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17865\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}