The All Progressives Congress, APC, has dismissed allegations by the spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Council, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode that the opposition party is operating a radio station broadcasting without rights.
“We don’t have any radio station anywhere and since the PDP is the one making such allegations they may perhaps be privy to what others don’t know”, the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Mr Lai Mohammed, told Channels Televisions on Friday.
Mr. Fani-Kayode had while addressing a press conference Thursday in Abuja, called on the regulatory agency, Nigerian Broadcasting Commission, to stop the ‘illegal operations’ of APC radio, which he accused the opposition party of running.
According to him, the station’s focus was to incite Nigerians against the Federal Government.
“The objective of the radio station is to serve as a propaganda tool to fight the PDP-led government after the APC loses the elections on March 28”, Fani-Kayode told reporters.
The PDPPCO spokesman specifically accused the immediate past governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi and the APC leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, of being the brains behind the APC radio.
But Mr Mohammed, while refuting the allegation, noted that it was the responsibility of the NBC to track illegal radio stations in Nigeria.
“Where is the information about the Radio Change.
“We in the APC know nothing about this radio station. If anybody should know, I think I should know.
“They should ask Fani-Kayode and the NBC who set up this radio. Since the National Broadcasting Commission is an organisation of the Federal Government it should be able to track such radio stations and tell Nigerians where it is located. Where is it? We have no hand in it. We have nothing to do with it. We do not know about its existent.
“Their desperation knows no bound. They are looking for all excuses to go and arrest our leaders. But they will fail woefully. They have lost this election”, he said.
The opposition party, however, said the radio station allegation was a distraction the PDP was peddling to run away from issues.
“It is a clear show of jitters about its imminent loss in the March 28 elections”, Mr Mohammed said.
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