By Valentine Amanze
The Special Assistant to Ekiti State Governor on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, has said that the All Progressives Congress (APC) was afraid of its “lying past, failed
present and bleak future.”
Olayinka was reacting to a statement from the APC national
secretariat, yesterday, accusing him of spreading fake news about the
Party.
He said, “Even though I did not circulate any news that is fake
against the APC and its clueless government, a political party that got to power by lying to the people and still telling lies to sustain its hold on power does not have moral rights to accuse anyone of lying
against it.”
The governor’s aide however urged the APC to rather speak up against the
hardship foisted on the people by its government instead of devoting its time and resources into addressing a single individual who was only exposing the cluelessness of the APC government.
His words: “Today, Nigerians are suffering because of fuel scarcity that
the APC government caused in its bid to increase pump price of petrol
from N145 to N185 per litre. Already, petrol is being sold at as high as N300 in most places and one can still recollect what the APC said
in March 2014 when there was fuel scarcity. Isn’t it funny that the same APC that championed the opposition to fuel price increment is now
silent when the federal government is trying to hike the price for the
second time in less than 20 months?”
While describing the APC as a party of people suffering from Acquired Lying Syndrome (ALS), Olayinka said, “Nigerians know the purveyor of
lies. They know the party that lied to them to seize power and still lying to sustain it. Nigerians know those who packaged that ridiculous lie of someone trekking from Lagos to Abuja because of President
Muhammadu Buhari’s electoral victory.
“Most importantly, Nigerians know that party of liars, whose
presidential candidate had an interview with Kemi Fadojutimi of ‘All Eyes on Africa’ TV show in suite 881 at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel,
Abuja, but released pictures to the media, claiming that the interview was held in London.
“Therefore, the APC as a party should rather treat itself of Acquired Lying Syndrome and stop seeking to label others as its colleagues in
the business of lying.”
