Former Governor Ishaku debunks social media reports on plans to decamp to APC.
By Adi Angyu
Former Governor of Taraba State, Arch Darius Dickson Ishaku has refuted the remour making the rounds on social media on his alleged plans to decamp from the People’s Democratic party (PDP) to the All progressive Congress (APC).
Former Governor Darius Ishaku
Some social media had alleged that arrangements have been concluded to received him and his supporters into APC at the state level.
Darius made the clarification through a telephone conversation with our reporter on Tuesday .
He explained that he just returned from a trip outside the country where he had been receiving treatment and has not been in touch with happenings around the political space in the country for a while.
“I wish to put the record straight for the sake of peace, unity and development of our dear party PDP as well as my supporters” he said.
He stated that the said report which went viral on social media on alleged plans to dump PDP is not only false but malicious, unfounded and misleading.
“As I speak to you now, the fact still remains that I am a card carrying member and a stakeholder of PDP and have no plans to decamp”.
He appealed to journalists to always double check their facts and balance their stories on issues before going for publication.
” To my noble Journalists , we ought to differentiate between facts and fictions or be slow to comment on issues related to personalities for the integrity of their media outfits” he stressed.
