THE Labour Party (LP) has debunked reports that its members in the South-West have defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The Director-General of the Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Council, Akin Osuntokun, refuted the claims in a statement on Wednesday, February 14.
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He expressed concern over the spate of fake news on the Labour Party and urged media houses to always check with the party to clarify any information.
While emphasising that the reports were fake, Osuntokun also said that of all the names purportedly listed as members that defected to the APC were not known to the party in the zone.
He expressed concerns that people choose to accept false news on face value, saying that the press should not encourage misinformation.
Osuntokun also expressed concerns about the fact that the report claimed that the leader of the defectors was the chairman of the LP in the South-West zone.
According to Osuntokun, that the title was unknown to the party.
He stressed that the party only had Zonal Coordinators of the Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), and there was nothing like Chairman LP South-West.
He added that the party’s Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) was being impersonated with fictitious press releases in its name.
According to Osuntokun, one of the fake press releases, purportedly signed by him, had him engaging in personal attacks on Lagosians.
Describing the press release as total fabrication, he lamented that some people had even started abusing him before hearing his side of the story.
Osuntokun said attacks on the party have shown the importance of LP in the presidential race.
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I AM AFRAID IF OUR VOTES WILL COUNT IN SOUTHWEST BECAUSE THE WAY APC IS GOING AFTER LP POOL AGAENTS WITH BUYING THEM OVER IS WORRISOME. IS IT POSSIBLE TO CHANGE MOST OF THE LABOUR PARTY POOLING AGENTS IN THE SOUTHWEST? IF THEY MAY WORK FOR APC AND MERGE LP VOTES WITH THAT OF THE APC IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. WE GOT THE INTEL OF VOTE MERGING IN LAGOS AND OTHER SOUTHWEST STATES. THE SECURITY AGENTS SHOULD BE WATCHFULL OF THIS SERIOUSLY. THE GAME IS THAT AFTER VOTING AND COUNTING OF THE BALLOTS, A COMPROMISED LP AND APC OFFICIALS WOULD AGGREE TO MERGE THEIR FIGURES AS ONE AND FILL IT IN THE RESULT SHEETS AND SIGN. BEFORE SCANNING IT INTO THE BVAS FOR UPLOADING. SO THAT THE RESULT WILL TALLY WITH THE ACCREDITED VOTERS.