APC removes Alwan Hassan after 112 number fails
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on P.M. News
The APC presidential campaign council removes Alwan Hassan from his role as spokesperson after the emergency number 112 failed during a television programme. The reorganisation now limits to three officials the authority to speak officially on behalf of the campaign, according to a statement published on 11 November.
The Presidential Campaign Council of the All Progressives Congress (APC), the ruling party in Nigeria, removed Alwan Hassan from his role as spokesperson, one day after his television appearance on the 112 emergency number, according to a statement published on Wednesday 11 November and signed by Femi Gbajabiamila, the president’s chief of staff and deputy director-general in charge of the campaign council’s administration.
The council also removed Ayobami Oyalowo, Kemi Asekun-Shittu and Adamu Fanda from their spokesperson roles. They remain members of the Directorate of Media and Strategic Communications, while only Abdulaziz Yari, director-general of the campaign council, Dele Alake, Minister of Solid Minerals Development, and Mohammed Idris, Minister of Information and National Orientation, are now authorised to speak officially on behalf of the campaign.
The reorganisation follows the Politics Today programme on Channels Television on 10 November, during which Alwan Hassan invited presenter Seun Okinbaloye to call the 112 emergency number to demonstrate how it worked. Several connection attempts failed during the programme.
The campaign council now asks radio and television stations to respect this new arrangement and states that its authorised representatives will be designated for media appearances.
