THE Labour Party (LP) has debunked reports that its members in the South-West have defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The Director-General of the Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Council, Akin Osuntokun, refuted the claims in a statement Tuesday, where he expressed concern over the spate of fake news on the Labour Party and urged media houses to always check with the party to clarify any information.
While emphasising that the reports were fake, Osuntokun also said that all the names purportedly listed as members that defected to the APC were not known to the party in the zone.
He expressed concerns that people choose to accept false news on face value, saying that the press should not encourage misinformation.
Osuntokun also expressed concerns about the fact that the report claimed that the leader of the defectors was the chairman of the LP in the South-West zone. According to Osuntokun, that title was unknown to the party.
He stressed that the party only had Zonal Coordinators of the Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), and there was nothing like Chairman LP South-West.
He added that the party’s Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) was being impersonated with fictitious press releases in its name.
According to Osuntokun, one of the fake press releases, purportedly signed by him, had him engaging in personal attacks on Lagosians.
Describing the press release as total fabrication, he lamented that some people had even started abusing him before hearing his side of the story.
Osuntokun said attacks on the party have shown the importance of LP in the presidential race.
