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Femi Fani-Kayode, director of media and publicity, PDP presidential campaign, says information at his disposal indicate that the ruling party is ahead of the opposition party in different parts of the country.

Since Saturday when the election was concluded in some parts of the country, different results have been in circulation, particularly on social media.

However, Fani-Kayode as accused APC of collaboring with some media outfits to spread false reports of the exercise.

“Since yesterday afternoon, they have been releasing fake results and they have been attempting to mislead the Nigerian people and our friends in the international community,” he said in a statement.

“The public have been inundated with lie after lie about the APC’s so-called victories in virtually every single polling booth, ward, local government area and state in the country. This is not only nonsensical but it is also far-fetched, absurd and childish.

“The reports that we are getting from the field is that our candidate is doing very well in the south and north central, and that we are making very strong inroads into various states in the core north.

“This is irresponsible and dangerous and we hereby warn the APC and their agents in the media to stop spreading falsehood and telling dangerous lies.”

He said the opposition party sponsored reports that he lost his polling unit when in actual fact the PDP had a massive victory in all the local government areas of Ile Ife town of Osun state, where he hails from.

“Two opposition media houses and their associates in the social media went as far as to shamelessly claim that President Goodluck Jonathan lost in my polling unit and in my ward in Ile-Ife, when in actual fact the president not only won in my polling booth and ward but he also won in virtually every other ward in the four local government areas of Ile Ife in Osun state where I come from.

“The dirty lies that these two media houses have told is just one example of the gross and irresponsible mendacities and falsehood that the agents and associates of the APC habitually enjoy peddling.”

He admitted that the opposition poses a threat to the re-election of Jonathan but expressed optimism that his party would remain in power for the next four years.

“Though it is undoubtedly a close race, we at the PDPCO are cautiously confident and we are very optimistic of total victory despite the desperation, lies and disinformation of the APC,” he said.

“At the end of the day, we have no doubt that President Goodluck Jonathan and the PDP shall prevail.”

But speaking at a media interaction later on Sunday evening, Attahiru Jega, chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), faulted Fani-Kayode’s claims, saying: “I don’t know where the PDP spokesman got his source because we have not collated results in 23 states.

“Please be wary of declaration from people who are clearly partisan.”