Nigeria, Sept., 05, 2016 – The Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) has launched a new tweeter handle for the party, @officialpdpnig. The party also shut the old handle, @pdpnigeria.
In a statement signed by Adm. Chinwe I. Nnorom, PDP Head, Publicity Division, the party also said there is no position of Director of New Media in the party.
“The PDP hereby states unequivocally that the position of Director of New Media is non-existent and alien to the PDP Establishment Manual, and has not appointed Prince Deji Adeyanju as the PDP Director of New Media.
“For emphasis, Social (new) Media is one of the Units in the Publicity Division of the Party and not a separate directorate, division or unit”, the party said, adding that the National Publicity Secretary, Prince Dayo Adeyeye is Chief Spokesman and Image-maker of the party in line with the PDP Constitution.
“Consequently, nobody is allowed to issue official statement or speak for and on behalf of the Party except authorized by the Party hierarchy to do so. The Leadership warns that it will not hesitate to take disciplinary measures accordingly against any member that flouts this directive”, the party said.
The party said the clarification becomes necessary due to the frequent unauthorized, and most times embarrassing tweets that emanate from the Handle tweeted by the Handlers claiming to represent the PDP.
“You will recall that the Party had in the past, announced the Shutdown of the Handle on two occasions when hackers manipulated it to embarrass the Party. Following these developments, the Party hereby informs all its members, supporters, friends, the Media and general public to ignore and disregard any tweet from the Handle @pdpnigeria forthwith.
“In view of the above, the Party has immediately re-launched a new Handle, @officialpdpnig to form part of the Social Media Platform of our great Party for ease of communication, administration and control”, the party said.
