The ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) have disassociated itself from an opinion poll reportedly conducted by the party through its twitter handle, which scores the adminstration of its principal, President Muhammadu Buhari, low.
In a statement, the party, through its publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, said the Twitter handle, @APC Nigeria, with which the poll was conducted did not belong to APC but the party refused to disclose its official twitter handle.
“The attention of the APChas been drawn to some false and misleading news reports that the party conducted a poll to assess the performances of President Muhammadu Buhari administration.
“For the record, the APC has not conducted or authorised any assessment poll on the President Buhari administration. The media and indeed the general public are advised to ignore the questionable poll.
“The twitter handle, “@APCNigeria” with which the so called “assessment poll” was purportedly conducted is not the official twitter account of the APC.
“Unfortunately, media organisations that published the story did not verify from the party’s publicity department the authenticity of the unauthorised poll credited to the party.
“Recall that the party had on February 21, 2016 distanced itself from the twitter handle, @APC Nigeria, following a similar false report credited to the party on the outcome of the Benue South Senatorial rerun election.”