The All Progressives Congress, APC’s claim that it was now 41 million-member strong has been described as an attempt to mislead voters.
Chief Rahman Owokoniran, the General Secretary of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, South-West Zone, made the point, adding that such claims had become synonymous with APC”s plots to execute electoral fraud.
President Muhammadu Buhari had claimed in an interview that APC meme era were now 41 million.
APC, at its national convention on Saturday, had claimed that it recorded over 40 million members, with Governor Mala Buni of Yobe State claiming the number had made APC the biggest party in Nigeria.
Buni, who was also Chairman, APC Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, CECPC, said the increase (from 11 million) was due to the registration/revalidation conducted by the outgone leadership.
Lies, says PDP
However, reacting in a statement by Mabel Oboh, his Publicity Consultant, Owokoniran said the membership claim was deceitful, marking APC’s unrepentant tendency to take voters for granted.
