The ruling APC has described the leading opposition PDP as a “prodigal party” that has failed to learn any lessons.

The APC accused PDP of allegedly deploying fake news strategies ahead of the 2019 general elections.

The APC National Publicity Secretary, Malam Lanre Issa-Onilu, in a statement yesterday, said the ruling party was not surprised at PDP’s typical theatrics in an attempt to evade scrutiny for its 16 years of mis-governance.

Issa-Onilu voiced the APC’s support to the ongoing global media attention and efforts to check the proliferation of fake news, particularly as the country girds up for campaigns ahead of the 2019 elections.

He said the consequences of fake news were often dire as they inflamed perceived divisions in communities, fuelled hate speech, led to violence and distorted democratic processes, among others.

“Disturbingly, the country’s main opposition, the PDP and its discredited agents, have continued to deploy the loathsome strategy of fake news, misinformation and distortion of facts as focal campaign strategies for the 2019 elections.

“While the APC is not surprised at the PDP’s typical theatrics in an attempt to evade scrutiny for its 16 years of mis-governance, it is instructive to the electorate that no lessons have been learnt by the prodigal party,” he said.

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