Twist as Tinubu’s Campaign Denies Soliciting N18,500 from Nigerians for Empowerment Fund, Reveals Position
- The campaign team of Bola Tinubu has cleared the air regarding the empowerment fund from the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council
- The PCC secretary, Abiodun James Faleke, in a statement maintained his official Facebook account was hacked
- He, therefore, disowned the perpetrators of the crime, who are asking unsuspecting Nigerians to pay the sum of N18, 500 in order to access Empowerment funds from Tinubu's campaign, urging Nigerians to ignore such a platform
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The All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) has said it is not soliciting N18,500 from Nigerians wishing to access empowerment fund from the Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu campaign organisation.
PCC Secretary, Abiodun James Faleke, in a statement, disclosed that the persons behind the fraud were unscrupulous elements who hacked his official Facebook account, with a view to extorting money from unsuspecting Nigerians.
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Faleke makes stunning revelations about those behind the platform, hacked his account
The Guardian reported that He, therefore, enjoined Nigerians to ignore the perpetrators.
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Faleke, who doubles as Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Finance, said:
“One of the individuals behind this fraud is also sending messages to unsuspecting victims using the name of a certain Dr. Lukman Johnny, with a phone number, and who is said to be a staff of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture in Abuja.”
Faleke stated further:
“While I urge Nigerians not to subscribe to the antics of these criminals, I also wish to appeal to all and sundry to track and report activities of the criminals to relevant security agencies near them and ensure that they are apprehended and prosecuted.”
2023: Nigerians Need Tinubu More Than He Needs Us, Says Issa-Onilu
The deputy director, media and publicity, Tinubu-Shettima presidential campaign council, Lanre Issa-Onilu, has urged the electorate to massively vote for his principal in the 2023 general election, noting that Nigerians need Bola Tinubu more than he needs the citizens.
Vanguard newspaper reports that Onilu made the comment while speaking to journalists on Wednesday, December 14 in Igbaja, Ifelodun local government area of Kwara state.
His words:
“The country as at now actually needs Tinubu more than Asiwaju needs Nigerians and that is reflected in the kind of support that we are receiving in all the states we have visited.”
2023: I thank God I am not Tinubu's running mate, says Dogara
Meanwhile, ex-Speaker of the House of Representatives, Honourable Yakubu Dogara, has declared that he is grateful he is not Tinubu's running mate in the forthcoming 2023 presidential election.
Dogara made the comment during an interaction with journalists in Bauchi while reacting to a question that he is not supporting the APC presidential candidate because he was not chosen as the vice presidential candidate of the ruling party.
He said:
“I am more than grateful to God that it didn’t happen and so many friends and well wishers have also said to me they are thanking God daily that I am not on that ticket granted what they now see and know about the candidate.”
Source: Legit.ng
