The All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Marketing campaign Council has accused former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and the African Democratic Congress (ADC) of allegedly plotting to discredit President Bola Tinubu’s presidential marketing campaign flag-off in Kaduna thru faux information, deepfake movies and cast paperwork.
The council made the allegation in a commentary on Saturday, 24 October 2026, signed through its spokesperson, Dele Alake, describing the alleged operation as a coordinated try to manipulate public opinion and undermine the rally.
It claimed that the alleged plan concerned planting false stories in mainstream media and circulating manipulated content material on social media to discredit Tinubu, Kaduna State Governor Uba Sani and different APC leaders.
The council mentioned the alleged operation started with the circulate of {a photograph} appearing a safety car on regimen patrol close to an APC marketing campaign billboard in Kaduna city.
Consistent with the commentary, the picture was once introduced as proof that safety staff have been deployed to give protection to APC billboards.
The council alleged that Atiku due to this fact shared a newspaper file in response to the declare thru his legit social media accounts to generate consideration.
It additionally accused Atiku and ADC supporters of circulating a purported letter from Governor Uba Sani to the Director-Basic of the APC Presidential Marketing campaign Council, Senator Abdulaziz Yari, claiming that the Kaduna State Govt had launched N2.3 trillion to host the rally.
Rejecting the declare, the council mentioned the alleged expenditure was once inconsistent with the state’s funds figures.
“How a lot is all the annual earnings of Kaduna State, or any state, for that subject, {that a} state would spend N2.3 trillion to host a rally?” the commentary requested.
It added that Kaduna State’s blended budgets for 2024, 2025 and 2026 amounted to not up to N2.3 trillion.
The council put the state’s budgets at N458.271 billion for 2024, N790.439 billion for 2025 and N985.9 billion for 2026.
It additional alleged that outdated photos, doctored movies and deepfakes may well be circulated throughout the rally to create the influence that citizens have been hostile to the APC marketing campaign.
“We all know those two eventualities are best part of the grand plan,” the commentary mentioned.
The council described the alleged actions as an try to undermine the birthday celebration’s marketing campaign and referred to as on Nigerians to reject what it termed a disinformation marketing campaign.
It additionally attacked Atiku and the ADC’s electoral potentialities, claiming they have been ready to make use of any manner to realize political energy.
“We urge Nigerians to be vigilant and reject their machinations,” the commentary added.
The allegations have been made through the APC Presidential Marketing campaign Council. The commentary didn’t supply unbiased proof setting up that Atiku or the ADC organised the alleged disinformation operation.
Faridah Abdulkadiri
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