The All Progressives Congress (APC) has denied sending a letter to its presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, purportedly written by the party’s National Chairman, Abdullahi Adamu.
On Wednesday, a letter purportedly written by Mr Adamu surfaced, in which he expressed dissatisfaction with the composition of the party’s Presidential Campaign Council (PCC).
The list of the Council’s 422-member members was released late Monday.
The APC’s spokesperson, Felix Morka, stated on Thursday that Mr Adamu did not write the letter that was circulated.
“Our attention has been drawn to a “DRAFT” letter in circulation purportedly written by His Excellency, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, the National Chairman of our great Party, addressed to His Excellency, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, our great Party’s Presidential Candidate, expressing dissatisfaction with the recently released Presidential Campaign Council list” (PCC).
“To be clear, the “DRAFT” letter was not issued by the Party. “An UNSIGNED letter labeled ‘DRAFT’ cannot and should not be attributed to its purported author,” according to the statement.
Read the full statement below;
FCT, ABUJA
SEPT. 29, 2022
PRESS STATEMENT
*APC PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN COUNCIL – SENATOR ABDULLAHI ADAMU DID NOT WRITE ASIWAJU BOLA AHMED TINUBU*
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Our attention has been drawn to a “DRAFT” letter in circulation purportedly written by His Excellency, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, the National Chairman of our great Party, addressed to His Excellency, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the Presidential Candidate of our great Party, expressing dissatisfaction over the recently released list of the Presidential Campaign Council (PCC).
To be clear, the “DRAFT” letter did not emanate from the Party. An UNSIGNED letter that marks itself as a ‘DRAFT’ cannot and should not be attributed to its purported author.
The National Chairman of our Party and our Presidential Candidate maintain cordial and effective communication channels, and enjoy full liberty of open and frank conversations on matters of interest to the Party and our Presidential Campaign. As such, an unsigned “DRAFT” letter of the kind in circulation is patently unnecessary and of no qualitative value to engagement between the Party and the PCC.
We will not be distracted by the wishes and actions of detractors that wait gleefully but in vain for some kind of crisis to erupt between the Party and the PCC.
We stand united, as a Party, in our resolve and commitment to execute a focused and issue-driven campaign to persuade Nigerians to renew our mandate in next year’s general election.
