Bayelsa APC warns against fake news, propaganda

Bayelsa State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday felicitated with the people of the state to mark the 2019 New Year’s Day, warning the residents to be wary of fake news, innuendos, and propaganda intentionally designed by “enemies of peace and democracy” to cause disaffection among the people for selfish political purposes.

In the New Year message made available to newsmen yesterday in Yenagoa, the state capital, by the APC State Publicity Secretary, Mr. Doifie Buokoribo, the party wished the people of the state the best in 2019. Buokoribo stated: “It is our honour to extend the party’s felicitations to you, the good people of Bayelsa State on this joyful occasion of New Year’s Day.

APC wishes all Bayelsa State people the best as they pursue their traditionally lofty endeavours throughout 2019 and beyond. “You have shown outstanding civility and remaining peaceful, despite living under a state government and party that often run riot with power, looting and assaulting democratic freedom and values, and spreading pain.

“APC salutes the resilience of the masses of the state in the face of the myriad, but avoidable socioeconomic challenges. May we also use this medium to warn the people of the state to be wary, as some powerful individuals, with their acolytes outside the state, have concluded plots to launch a campaign of calumny, fake news and disinformation intended to cause disaffection among the people and to discredit some of our finest leaders to criminally perpetual themselves and their cronies in power.

“Information at our disposal has revealed how these enemies of our people and democracy have planned to use formal and informal news channels, as well as traditional and new media to create, present and disseminate their falsehoods and conjectures.

“As the 2019 general elections draw closer, we urge the people of Bayelsa State to embrace the wind of change blowing across the country. It is in the best interest of our people to cast their votes for APC, the party has hope. We call on the people of Bayelsa State to vote the APC presidential candidate, President Muhammadu Buhari, and others carrying the party’s flag for the various elective offices in the 2019 general elections. We should also use our votes in February and March to leave retrogression and change to the next level of progress with the rest of Nigeria.”