By Mark Orgu, News/Comments, June 19, 2022.
ABUJA-The Special Adviser on Media and publicity to President of the Senate, Ola Awoniyi, has debunked a purported video making round the social media about the alleged defection of the Senate President, Senator Ahmed Lawan, from the ruling All Progressives Congress APC to the main opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. The video according to Awoniyi was doctored, as the senate president was announcing the defection of Senator Adamu Ailero of Kebbi state to the PDP. This was contained in a press statement released to Afrikanwatch Network, it reads:
“We have seen on the social media a video clip in which the President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, purportedly announced his defection from the ruling All Progressives Congress(APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP). The original video clip, which was mischievously edited to 26 secs, is a 3mins 30secs clip of the Senate President reading the letter by His Excellency, Senator Muhammad Adamu Ailero of Kebbi State, informing his Distinguished senator colleagues at plenary of his defection from the APC to the PDP over issues in the state chapter of the APC.
Doctored video
“It is common knowledge that the Senate resumed from a recess on Tuesday and adjourned sitting on Wednesday to next Tuesday. So how could the Senate President have made such announcement at plenary either on Tuesday or Wednesday without it being reported by journalists who covered the proceedings?”
Original video
The fact is that, at the commencement of the session on Tuesday, the Senate President read out some correspondences, one of which was the said letter written by Senator Aliero. Senator Aliero was not the only senator that officially announced his defection this week from one party to another.It was the video clip of the Senate President reading out Senator Aliero’s letter that was doctored to give the wrong impression that Lawan has renounced his membership of APC”
“For the avoidance of doubt, Senator Ahmad Lawan is a committed member of the APC and has no reason whatsoever to renounce his membership of the party. Members of the public are hereby enjoined to discountenance the video in reference as it is the handiwork of mischiefmakers”
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