The Edo State government claimed on Monday that the All Progressives Congress (APC) has no credible candidate for the September 21 governorship election.
The Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, Chris Nehikhare, made the claim during a press conference in Benin City.
Nehikhare also alleged that the party is adopting lies and propaganda as its campaign strategy.
He said: “The only APC strategy for the governorship election is to resort to lies and propaganda. When a party takes lies and propaganda as an election strategy, it means it has nothing to offer the people. The party lacks people with character, capacity, and intellect.”
The commissioner, who took journalists through a screened shot WhatsApp chat, said: “What we have here is the official APC WhatsApp platform, their own people screenshot their discussion. One of them who has a conscience asks, is this the only thing we have?”
Nehikhare also claimed that the APC is ashamed to campaign for its candidate, noting that, as of today, nobody has heard of what the party has for the State.
“All we heard is how they are going to help their paymaster, lies and propaganda that will not help the state,” he added.
He noted that lies and propaganda are not strategies the opposition party, like APC, can use to win the September 21 governorship election.
The commissioner, who warned against misinformation and fake news ahead of the governorship election, urged media practitioners to be neutral in matters concerning lies and propaganda.
He, however, noted that Governor Godwin Obaseki’s administration has a lot of achievements to market and sell its candidate for the election.
