2027: APC UK chairman breaks silence over alleged meeting with Amupitan

The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, successful the United Kingdom, Tunde Doherty, has yet breached his soundlessness implicit claims that helium held a concealed gathering with the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Professor Joash Amupitan, successful London.

The assertion started aft a photograph taken extracurricular Chatham House went viral, with immoderate societal media users alleging that Doherty was seen with Amupitan.

But speaking successful a connection connected Sunday, Doherty said determination was nary gathering and nary concealed deal, describing the communicative arsenic axenic fabrication.

According to him, helium went to Chatham House connected his ain arsenic the person of the APC successful the UK to be a nationalist event, and not arsenic portion of INEC's delegation.

"I ne'er met Amupitan. I was not with his team. I was not an authoritative of INEC. I americium the APC Chairman successful the UK and I attended the lawsuit openly," Doherty said.

He explained that the antheral successful the viral photograph wearing an APC headdress was him, and not the INEC Chairman arsenic immoderate radical claimed online.

Doherty said Chatham House is an unfastened spot wherever nationalist discussions are held, and helium had each close arsenic a Nigerian to attend.

He besides condemned the reported onslaught connected Amupitan successful London, saying it was incorrect for anyone to harass the INEC boss, nary substance their governmental leaning.

He urged Nigerians to disregard the fake stories, adding that his beingness astatine the lawsuit did not successful immoderate mode impact the independency of INEC.

"I stay committed to President Bola Tinubu and the ...