The All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council has accused former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar and the African Democratic Congress (ADC) of plotting to discredit President Bola Tinubu and other party leaders ahead of the APC’s presidential campaign rally in Kaduna State.
The council made the allegation in a statement issued on Saturday by its spokesperson, Dele Alake, claiming that the opposition intended to manipulate public opinion through fake news, artificial intelligence-generated content, deepfake videos and counterfeit documents.
According to the council, the alleged campaign was designed to undermine the credibility of Tinubu, Kaduna State Governor Uba Sani and other APC leaders as the party held its campaign flag-off in the state on October 24, 2026.
Alake said the council had observed what it described as attempts to misrepresent routine security operations and circulate misleading claims about the cost of hosting the rally.
One of the incidents cited involved a photograph of a security vehicle stationed at a junction near an APC campaign billboard in Kaduna metropolis. The council alleged that the image was presented as evidence that security personnel had been deployed specifically to protect the party’s billboards.
The statement also disputed a purported letter circulating online, allegedly written by Governor Uba Sani to the Director-General of the APC Presidential Campaign Council, Senator Abdulaziz Yari, concerning an alleged ₦2.3 trillion release by the state government to host the rally.
Alake rejected the figure, arguing that it exceeded Kaduna State’s combined budgets for 2024, 2025 and 2026, which he put at ₦458.271 billion, ₦790.439 billion and ₦985.9 billion, respectively.
The council further alleged that old footage, doctored videos and deepfake content could be circulated during the rally to portray residents as opposing the APC.
“We hereby use this opportunity to alert the general public about this malicious and ignoble plan,” the statement said.
The allegations against Atiku and the ADC were made by the APC campaign council. The statement did not provide independent evidence establishing that the opposition candidate or his party orchestrated the alleged disinformation campaign.
The council urged Nigerians to scrutinise information circulating on social media and other platforms during the rally.
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