The All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Organisation has dismissed as empty the threat of litigation against it by the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency over allegations that the maritime agency was behind the sponsoring of the hate campaigns against the APC presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari, on some television stations.
A statement by the Directorate of Media and Publicity of the APCPCO, signed by Garba Shehu, in reaction to the 72 hours ultimatum by NIMASA demanding retraction and apology over the report, said the APC will present credible witnesses in court to prove not only this, but the fact that the maritime agency has since transformed into a campaign outpost for the PDP.
Shehu said: “There are several acts of the management that are at variance with the objectives and scope of activities of the agency as spelled out under the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency Act, 2007. NIMASA Act does not envisage the involvement of the agency in political campaign. It certainly has no provision for hate campaigns against Buhari, nor does it allow for the funding of the activities of the Transformation Ambassadors of Nigeria.
“NIMASA is trying to reduce this to a campaign issue, but the truth is that the conversion of a statutory government agency into one actively promoting partisan political actions of the president is of national significance. It assumes a more serious dimension when staff are denied their dues and money shipped out to fund illegal activities.”
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