LP accuses APC of planning fake news against Obi

LEADERSHIP NG

The Obi-Datti Media Office of the Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council has alleged that the presidential campaign of the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is plotting to launch a multi-million naira media campaign, dubbed “Killer Punch”, aimed at spreading lies about their candidate Peter Obi.

LP said having failed in their plans to win the February 25 election, and seeing their campaign derailing on all fronts, Tinubu’s media handlers led by the trio of Femi Fani-Kayode, Festus Keyamo, SAN and Adamu Garba are set to release a video they term “Killer Punch.”

A statement issued by the Head of Media, Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Council, Diran Onifade, said the APC team has been releasing snippets of the documentary on social media, without getting any attention, as people already know about their desperation to drag down Obi who they know is far ahead.

“These documentaries of lies and falsehood, which they have fabricated, attempt to portray Mr Obi as a drug peddler, killer and sexual pervert among other innuendos in their fertile imagination.

“Already, the Obi-Datti Media Office is aware that they are a product of a strategy session between Tinubu and selected members of his media team, where Tinubu reportedly accused his media handlers of not “punching to knock out” and not doing enough to halt Obi’s unprecedented progress,” the statement said adding that Tinubu had demanded more wild propaganda from his media team against his opponents, especially Obi, with the objective of throwing anything at the opponents to win, regardless of ethics or morality.

“We will continue to be amused over the desperation, to search for faults on the Presidential front runner, and their apparent frustration, of not finding any.

“The LP standard bearer has remained the most fact-checked, among the four top Presidential candidates, for the obvious reasons, that he is the only one running an issues-driven campaign, and therefore provoking intellectual conversations, and gaining more supporters, daily, nationwide.

“But as election day draws nearer, and the reality of their impending defeat heightens, their anger and frustration are also on the rise.

“This instruction of a faltering Presidential candidate to his media team, to bring down the Labour Party flag bearer at all cost, is a clear indication of their hopelessness.