Former Minister of
Aviation, Femi-Fani-Kayode, yesterday said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
has no links with Cambridge Analytica and was not involved in hacking
information during the 2015 election.
Fani-Kayode, who was a
guest on Channels Television’s Programme, Sunday Politics, said the PDP during
the 2015 presidential election did not dig into personal information of its
opponents as claimed.
“As far as the presidential
campaign organisation is concerned, we have absolutely no links whatsoever with
this company or with anybody that seeks to do anything that is illegal or
criminal or to undermine any government or anyone that wants to run for an
electoral position in this country,” he said.
DAILY POST reports that
Cambridge Analytica, a UK-based company in a wake of data controversies earlier
last week was accused of obtaining data of Facebook users for election
manipulation.
A whistle-blower, who is an
ex-employee of Cambridge Analytica had claimed that the firm interfered in
Nigeria’s 2015 elections by hiring hackers to dig information about President
Muhammadu Buhari who was a candidate of the opposition All Progressives Congress
(APC).
The whistle-blower in an
interview with Guardian UK did not reveal the identity of the person who paid
Cambridge Analytica for its services but described him as a Nigerian
businessman who wanted to ensure former President Goodluck Jonathan’s re-election.
However, Fani-Kayode who is
a stalwart of the PDP, said further that President Jonathan enjoyed a lot of
goodwill from friends and therefore the name of the billionaire should rather
be revealed than allegations thrown at the PDP.
“At no point was the PDP
Campaign organisation mentioned or anybody that was the member of the PDP
mentioned in this allegation. The report had no evidence to suggest the
Jonathan was involved.
“I know former President
Jonathan enjoyed a lot of goodwill in a number of places. What the report said
was that a billionaire who was Jonathan’s friend and a couple of his agents met
them and asked them to find information in an illegal manner.
“I think what should be
done is to establish the name of this Nigerian billionaire and pose these
questions to them and not to us,” he added.
Revealing how the PDP got
information about Buhari’s medical and academic record that the PDP vehemently
pointed out during the 2015 election campaigns, Fani-Kayode attributed this to
his prowess as a historian and a professional who ask a lot of questions.
He clearly pointed out that
the PDP was not in the business of hacking into people’s personal information
data or employing others to do so.
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