APC exposes fake twitter handler, refutes Reno Omokri’s claim of party secretly reaching out to him for friendship

By Kemi Kasumu, General Editor

“We have always said that Reno Omokri is a relevance seeker who has told many lies to make people see him.  Jonathan and PDP must have caused more damages to the nation for bequeathing us with disgusting and hopeless youths like Reno Omokri, I must say.  I have my reservations about APC for many reasons because I don’t seem to like their ways, but the likes of Omokri must know that Nigerians are not fools to be told that APC of all parties would secretly reach out to him for friendship.  If They didn’t reach out to Ayodele Fayose or Femi Fani-Kayode or even the reach man Raymond Dokpesi for friendship, where does Omokri come in?  Where has attention seeker come to be in the liking of APC? I am only asking ” The Respondent asked.

The governing All Progressives Congress (APC) has come out with clear message to the public against a claim by a former Special Assistant Social Media to former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, Pastor Reno Omokri, that the party was secretly reaching out to him for friendship.

In the rebuttal titled, “Re: ‘APC Secretly Reaching Out To Me for Friendship – Reno’”, signed by Assistant Director Information in APC National Secretariat, Mr. Edegbe Odemwingie, Omokri was accused of continuous claiming to have had interactions on twitter with one Philip Obin who he claimed manages a twitter handle called “@APCNigeria”, and who despite the governing party’s rebuttals has continued to impersonate the APC through the said twitter handle.

The Party, for the avoidance of doubts, clarified who Philip Obin was and why he no longer represents the party talk less he now operates the so called twitter handle through which Omokri claimed he was being secretly reached out to by APC for friend.

The APC made it clear that Obin was one of the numerous youth volunteers for the  party during the 2015 elections and that he administered the Twitter handle at the time but that, despite numerous appeals to him by various well meaning party representatives, to hand over the handle, Mr. Obin has refused and in defiance continues to use it to misrepresent the Party.

The statement read in details:

“The attention of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been drawn to false allegations by a Mr. Reno Omokri, which was contained in an April 5, 2018 report published on the website of Vanguard Newspapers, titled: ‘APC secretly reaching out to me for friendship – Reno’.

“The report shows that Mr. Omokri’s allegation is based on interactions he had on twitter with one Philip Obin who manages a twitter handle, “@APCNigeria”.

“Recall that the Party had on several occasions distanced itself from the now notorious twitter handle, “@APCNigeria” following unauthorized tweets and subsequent false reports credited to the Party on the outcome of the Benue South Senatorial rerun election (February 21, 2016) and an “Assessment Poll” on President Muhammadu Buhari Administration (May 31, 2017), among others.

“Despite our rebuttals, Mr. Obin has continued to impersonate the Party through the twitter handle, “@APCNigeria”.

“For the avoidance of doubts, we wish to state that Philip Obin was one of the numerous youth volunteers for our party during the 2015 elections. He administered the Twitter handle at the time. But despite numerous appeals to him by various well meaning party representatives, to hand over the handle, Mr. Obin has refused and in defiance continues to use it to misrepresent the Party.

“In essence, therefore, Obin’s interactions with Omokri are in his personal capacity and do not involve Party in any way.

“Giving this latest incident, the Party is now left with no option than to take other lawful actions to restrain Obin from further embarrassing the Party. The general public is yet again reminded that the Twitter handle @APCNigeria is not a Twitter handle of the All Progressives Congress.”

In the meantime, the APC has been advised by our Respondents to take the issue of Phillip Obin more serious and do the needful if truly it believes he no longer represents it in the operation of the handle, “@APCNigeria”, adding that one of the actions the party can take is launch a new handle and make its password more securely kept while security be duly detailed to handle the impersonator.

“We have always said that Reno Omokri is a relevance seeker who has told many lies to make people see him.  Jonathan and PDP must have caused more damages to the nation for bequeathing us with disgusting and hopeless youths like Reno Omokri, I must say.  I have my reservations about APC for many reasons because I don’t seem to like their ways, but the likes of Omokri must know that Nigerians are not fools to be told that APC of all parties would secretly reach out to him for friendship.  If They didn’t reach out to Ayodele Fayose or Femi Fani-Kayode or even the reach man Raymond Dokpesi for friendship, where does Omokri come in?  Where has attention seeker come to be in the liking of APC? I am only asking – Respondent.” The Respondent asked.