We’ve Not Zoned Vice Presidential Slot ToSouth-West – APC

Progressives Congress (APC) has described as reckless, baseless and completely unfounded the report published by a local newspaper on Monday that the party had zoned the vice presidential slot to the South-west instead of South-East. The party’s Interim National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed in a statement on Monday, said the report was concocted by those he described as being threatened by the high profile and prospects of the party’s candidate – Senator Chris Ngige – in the November 16 governorship election in Anambra State. “Having realized that their attempt to milk the so- called deportation issue has fallen flat on its face, these desperate politicians have now resorted to outright lies and wild imagination. They figure that if they played the South-West against the South-East, by saying the APC has zoned the VP slot to the former over the latter, some people may just fall for it. This is cheap politics,” it said. The party assured Nigerians that the party has, at no time, discussed the issue of its presidential and vice presidential slots, hence could not have zoned any of the aforementioned positions. “Our party is an inclusive national party which will definitely accommodate the interest of all Nigerians in all its actions. We are therefore urging all the good people of Nigeria to ignore this fabricated story. There is no iota of truth in it,” the statement said APC expressed worry that a media organization with a supposedly good pedigree will allow itself to be used as a medium to push such a dangerous and irresponsible agenda by reporting fiction as fact. “One would have expected a media organization that is worth its salt to be circumspect in reporting such fiction. It is particularly interesting that all the media organization had – as a basis for the story – was a ‘strong indication’ that the party will zone its vice presidential slot to the South-West. “Not once was a single source quoted by name, for such an important story. This is the height of irresponsible reporting that runs against the grain of responsibility, fairness and accuracy in journalism,” the party said.