The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) campaign organisation has reacted to the results being released on social media allegedly in favour of the opposition All Progressive Congress (APC).

Speaking during a media briefing in Abuja on Sunday, the Director of Media and Publicity of the PDP campaign organisation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode said that the results released were fake and set up to mislead the public. He accused the “friends of the opposition in the media, particularly their paid agents and associates”.

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) campaign organisation has reacted to the results being released on social media allegedly in favour of the opposition All Progressive Congress (APC).

Speaking during a media briefing in Abuja on Sunday, the Director of Media and Publicity of the PDP campaign organisation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode said that the results released were fake and set up to mislead the public. He accused the “friends of the opposition in the media, particularly their paid agents and associates”.

Part of the briefing states: “Since yesterday afternoon they have been releasing fake results and they have been attempting to mislead the Nigerian people and our friends in the international community.

The public have been inundated with lie after lie about the APC’s so-called victories in virtually every single polling booth, ward, local government area and state in the country. This is not only nonsensical but it is also far-fetched, absurd and childish.

We use this medium to call on our friends in the social media, the party faithful and all President Goodluck Joanthan Support Groups not to remain silent in the face of these shenanigans. They should speak out on what they know about the propaganda and falsehood of the opposition APC”.

They should not be intimidated at all by the opposition’s desperate and reprehensible antics. They should set the record straight and not allow themselves to be robbed of a well-earned victory.

The reports that we are getting from the field is that our candidate is doing very well in the south and north central and that we are making very strong inroads into various states in the core north.

The motive for the lies and disinformation of the APC is to create high expectations for their supporters so that when the real results come out and they are announced by INEC, and when those real results do not tally with the fake results that the APC have told their agents and friends to release, they will begin to run riot, create havoc and kill people”.

Kayode said that the results obtained by the party from its agents on ground and which is subject to confirmation by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)shows that PDP was winning in 23 states with 64 per cent while the APC was winning in 14 states with 36 per cent.

He said: “We are certain of what we are saying because we have information from our agents in every polling unit nationwide. No one must test our will by attempting to change these results and the APC should desist from pushing this nation to the brink of fire, chaos and destruction with their dirty lies and propaganda”.

“This is irresponsible and dangerous and we hereby warn the APC and their agents in the media to stop spreading falsehood and telling dangerous lies”.

“We also call on the security agencies to be vigilant because when the truth of their defeat finally dawns on them the APC and Buhari will not take it very lightly”.

“We should all patiently wait for INEC to release the official results of all the elections and until then we call on our supporters and party members to hold their heads up high, to remain confident and strong and to hold their peace”.

“Though it is undoubtedly a close race, we at the PDP are cautiously confident and we are very optimistic of total victory despite the desperation, lies and disinformation of the APC. At the end of the day we have no doubt that President Goodluck Jonathan and the PDP shall prevail.”

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