Datti-Ahmed said he was interviewed by BBC immediately after his unveiling only to find contents of the said interview misrepresented by another social media page.
By Jeffrey Agbo
Yusuf Datti-Ahmed, running mate of the presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi, has dissociated himself from various social media accounts attributed to him.
“I hereby dissociate my humble self from the creation, ownership and operation of any such social media accounts,” Datti-Ahmed said at a news conference in Abuja on Monday.
“I equally declare that all exchanges and communications therefrom are without my knowledge or input in any way whatsoever.
“I humbly call on the general public on and offline to disregard any and all exchanges and communications from the fake social media accounts.”
Datti-Ahmed also called on the social media platforms owners, creators and operators to realise the dangers their highly valued technologies portend to the society.
He urged them to rise to the challenge of preventing further creation and use of fake accounts on social media.
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“I call on the discerning general public, particularly our dear Obidient and Yusful followers to exercise patience until the resolution of these complaints after which we genuinely communicate towards rescuing Nigeria,” he said.
Datti-Ahmed noted that on May 24 he withdrew from the Peoples Democratic Party’s Kaduna State governorship primary on grounds of divergent principles.
“From Jun 25, I began receiving indications of a possible calling to serve my nation again, this time under LP which culminated in my unveiling as the Vice-Presidential candidate of the party on July 8.
“I was interviewed by BBC immediately after the event, only to find contents of the said interview misrepresented by another social media page.
“A complaint was immediately made and this page eventually removed the misrepresented news article but only after much damage had been done,” he said.
According to Datti-Ahmed, ever since, indications began to appear about him joining LP, more impostors hurriedly opened more accounts in his name in most cases misspelt or in wrong format.
He said that complaints were duly lodged and registered with the relevant host platforms to no avail.
“I must acknowledge and appreciate the diligence of well-meaning followers who were quick to observe and object to these accounts on basis of their good knowledge of me,” he said.
