The party, in a statement by its spokesman, Prince Dayo Adeyeye, said that it has "observed that some elements are creating false social media accounts especially on Twitter and Facebook for some leaders of the Party (past
and present) with their photographs and purportedly publishing information on them to mislead the public.
The party emphasised that its action for closing it former
Twitter Handle on the 5th of September, 2016 and the launch of a new official Handle @officialpdpnig immediately, was
necessary.
PDP denied the
Twitter Handle @SenMakarfi;
•Launch of 4 Indigenous Twitter Handles, adding that
Senator Makarfi had through his SA (Media) earlier informed the public of this development and refuted ownership of any account.
"For the umpteenth time, we wish to reiterate that the National Chairman, Senator Ahmed Makarfi, has no Twitter Handle or on any social media platform at all. Be warned!
"This clarification has become necessary in view of the desire of leadership of our great Party, the PDP, to integrate all our numerous members, teeming supporters and the general public on the new operations of the Party in view of its people-oriented rebranding and rebuilding Agenda.
"For emphasis and in line with the PDP Constitution, the leadership of the PDP publicity division has as its principal, the National Publicity Secretary who is the Chief Spokesman and image-maker of the party, and Administrative Head (HoD) as enshrined in the PDP establishment manual, a document approved by the party’s Constitution.
"The Division has Four Units which include, the Social (New) Media; and the Party therefore has no directorate called “New Media”and no director of such position.
"Again, our decision to close the old handle and launched the new handle is to address the issue of unauthorized statements to the press on behalf of the party. For effective control, our official accounts remains:
"oTwitter Handle- @officialpdpnig;
oFacebook Account - “Official Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Nigeria;
oEmail – news@pdppublicity.com.
"We also wish to use this medium and Launch the following indigenous Twitter Handles with immediate effect. They are:
"🏽Igbo - @pdpnhqigbonig
🏽Yoruba-@pdpnhqyorubanig
🏽Hausa-@pdpnhqhausanig
🏽Pidgeon-@pdpnhqpidginnig."
The party, however pledged to rescue the nation from the scourge of recession, oppression, hunger, intimidation, autocracy, starvation, insecurity, economic induced suicides and mal-administration by the APC led federal and states government."
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