APC Removes Spokesman After Failed Live Emergency Call on TV

(Alwan Hassan. Photo Credit: The Sun Nigeria)

The APC has sacked Alwan Hassan after 112 failed lived in a television interview, shows that the ruling party removed Alwan Hassan as a campaign spokesperson because he said things on TV that embarrased the party.

The announcement, signed by Chief of Staff to President Tinubu and Deputy Director General (Administration) of the council, Femi Gbajabiamila, was issued on Wednesday.

Only three people will now speak for the campaign: Director General Abdulaziz Yari, Solid Minerals Minister Dele Alake, who remains the official spokesperson, and Information Minister Mohammed Idris.

Hassan, Ayobami Oyalowo, Kemi Asekun Shittu and Adamu Fanda have all been moved into the council's media and strategy directorate as ordinary members.

The row started on Tuesday night when Hassan appeared on Politics Today to defend the government and called the 112 emergency number one of its major achievements.

He challenged the presenter to dial it live, but the call failed several times.

Earlier, Hassan had also claimed that some ministers paid "billions" to get their posts.

Alwan Hassan, Member of the APC Presidential Campaign Council, discussed the availability of Nigeria’s 112 emergency line during the program. A live test followed, but the call failed to go through. Alwan, however, attributed the failed connection to network problems. https://t.co/pDjKv2JzHM

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