The clarification follows reports and a list that was made public yesterday, naming businessmen, Aliko Dangote and Femi Otedola as members of the party’s campaign council ahead of the 2019 general elections.
In a brief statement shared by Shehu and signed by media aide, Femi Adesina, Dangote is not a card-carrying member of the party hence cannot be part of that committee.
Read the full statement:
DANGOTE NOT MEMBER OF APC CAMPAIGN COUNCIL
It has become imperative to further clarify the status of Alhaji Aliko Dangote, named under the sub-head ADVISORY MEMBERS in the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council announced on Friday, December 28, 2018.
Africa’s richest man, not being a card-carrying member of APC, cannot, and is not member of the PCC. He is also a member of the Peace Committee, and thus cannot be in a partisan campaign council.
Femi Adesina
Special Adviser to the President
(Media and Publicity)
December 28, 2018
