We have uncovered a well-orchestrated, devious plan by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and his celebration to discredit the All Progressives Congress presidential marketing campaign flag-off in Kaduna at present, Saturday, October twenty fourth, 2026.
Through subterfuge and senseless propaganda, the previous Vice President and the African Democratic Congress have perfected their plans to misinform and disinform the general public, manipulate public opinion via pretend information operations and planting of false information in mainstream information platforms and social media with using Artificial Intelligence, deepfake movies, and counterfeit paperwork, all in a bid to discredit the APC rally in Kaduna, President Bola Tinubu, Governor Uba Sani, and leaders of our celebration.
In the final 24 hours, we’ve seen these techniques deployed to mislead the unsuspecting public. It started with the mischievous launch of an image of a safety automobile on a routine patrol, innocuously stationed at a junction close to one in every of APC’s quite a few marketing campaign billboards in Kaduna metropolis.
Atiku and the ADC propaganda equipment twisted the narrative, claiming the safety brokers had been there to guard the APC billboards in Kaduna. They then planted the story in a nationwide newspaper identified for its anti-government and anti-APC editorial stance.
Immediately after the newspaper printed the pretend, distorted story, Atiku Abubakar, in a coordinated method, latched onto it and shared it on his official social media handles to generate site visitors and tendencies.
Not too lengthy after the primary episode of the well-choreographed plot, Atiku Abubakar and ADC brokers of disinformation launched one other pretend letter on-line purportedly written by Governor Uba Sani and addressed to the Director-General of the APC Presidential Campaign Council, Senator Abdulaziz Yari, on the discharge of N2.3 trillion by the Kaduna State Government to host the APC rally.
We are nonetheless at a loss as to how anybody can think about and concoct this mindless and completely baseless lie that defies logic and fundamental frequent sense. How a lot is all the annual income of Kaduna State, or any state, for that matter, {that a} state would spend N2.3 trillion to host a rally?
The N2.3 trillion that Atiku and his hirelings are circulating on-line is greater than Kaduna State’s annual finances for 3 years.
For context, the mixed Kaduna State budgets for 2024 (N458.271 billion), 2025 (N790.439 billion), and 2026 (N985.9 billion) are nonetheless lower than N2.3 trillion.
We know these two eventualities are solely part of the grand plan. The ADC and Atiku’s hirelings have additionally perfected plans to flow into previous, doctored, and deepfake movies because the rally will get underway later at present to point out purported resentment by the individuals.
We hereby use this chance to alert most of the people about this malicious and ignoble plan.
It is a indisputable fact that Atiku Abubakar and the ADC, his special-purpose automobile, are incapable of successful any election. They will pull any strings, irrespective of how despicable and atrocious, to remain afloat of their determined bid to seize energy in any respect prices.
We urge Nigerians to be vigilant and reject their machinations.
Dele Alake
Spokesperson
APC Presidential Campaign Council
October 24, 2026
