The Gombe State Campaign Council of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has issued a statement warning of a planned smear campaign against Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, who is also the APC gubernatorial candidate.
The statement, released by Ismaila Uba Misilli, Director-General of Media and Publicity to the Governor, claims that the opposition in the state is behind the plot.
Misilli stated, “We have credible intelligence that those opposition elements are working in cohort with their paymasters to dish out outright falsehood against our candidate and other party chieftains as part of their last attempts to hoodwink the Gombe electorate who have since made up their minds to reelect Governor Inuwa for a second term.”
He also warned the public not to believe any false information and to remain peaceful during the upcoming elections, saying, “We call on the general public not to give in to the opposition’s hateful political propaganda and campaigns of incitement that threaten our peaceful coexistence…We must therefore approach elections as a family affair, devoid of rancor, ill-will and bitterness.”
Misilli concluded the statement by reiterating Governor Yahaya’s commitment to good governance and his belief that the people of Gombe will give him a second mandate in the upcoming election.
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