A chieftain of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Kenneth Okonkwo, has called the All Progressives Congress, APC, a party of propaganda.
Okonkwo said the APC gained power in 2015 by using propaganda, stressing that former President Goodluck Jonathan was booted out of power through name-calling.
In a post on X, the ADC chieftain recalled how a former Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, led the propaganda campaign against Jonathan.
He wrote: “The All Progressives Congress (APC) is a party that spreads propaganda. It gained power in 2015 through propaganda.
“President Goodluck Jonathan was the incumbent President of Nigeria from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in 2015. He was booted out of office through name-calling.
“He was fired from his job because of bad comments and insults. The public relations officer for Bola Tinubu, Lai Mohammed, was leading this propaganda effort at the time. Jonathan was accused of being clueless, corrupt, insensitive, and incompetent.
“He was rejected because he couldn’t control the security problems in the North-East. He was pummelled for removing fuel subsidy. Eventually, he couldn’t withstand the name-calling.
“Jonathan was really fair; he didn’t go after the APC to eliminate them or target his political rivals for unfair treatment.
“He preferred to say that “no politician’s ambition is worth the blood of any Nigerian. When he was told he lost the election, he calmly stepped down from his position.
“He also agreed and praised his opponent, President Muhammadu Buhari, before the results were officially announced.”