BREAKING: APC Accuses Atiku, ADC of Plot to Discredit Kaduna Rally
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council has accused former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar and the African Democratic Congress (ADC) of orchestrating a disinformation campaign to discredit the party’s presidential campaign flag-off in Kaduna on Saturday.
The council alleged that Atiku and the ADC planned to deploy fake news, artificial intelligence-generated content, deepfake videos and counterfeit documents to undermine President Bola Tinubu, Kaduna State Governor Uba Sani and other APC leaders.
In a statement issued on Saturday, the council’s spokesperson, Dele Alake, cited two incidents in the 24 hours preceding the rally as evidence of the alleged plot.
Alake claimed that a photograph of a security vehicle on routine patrol near an APC campaign billboard in Kaduna was misrepresented as evidence that security agents had been deployed to protect the party’s billboards.
He alleged that the narrative was subsequently published by a national newspaper before Atiku shared the report on his official social media accounts to amplify it.
The APC campaign council also accused the former vice-president and ADC supporters of circulating a purported letter from Governor Uba Sani to the Director-General of the APC Presidential Campaign Council, Senator Abdulaziz Yari, claiming that the Kaduna State Government had released N2.3 trillion to host the rally.
Describing the alleged letter as fabricated, Alake argued that the amount was implausible, noting that Kaduna State’s combined budgets for 2024, 2025 and 2026 totalled N2.235 trillion.
He said the purported N2.3 trillion expenditure exceeded the state’s entire budget for the three years combined.
The council further alleged that old footage, doctored videos and deepfakes would be circulated as the rally progressed to create a false impression of public discontent.
“We hereby use this opportunity to alert the general public about this malicious and ignoble plan,” Alake said.
He accused Atiku and the ADC of resorting to desperate tactics in their quest for political power and urged Nigerians to remain vigilant against what he described as deliberate attempts to mislead the public.
The allegations were contained in a statement dated October 24, 2026. The statement did not provide independent evidence establishing Atiku’s or the ADC’s involvement in the alleged disinformation campaign.
