"Keeping America safe...." - APC says website was hacked

The All Progressives Congress has reacted to an allegation that part of its manifesto was plagiarized, saying its official website has been hacked into by some unidentified elements.

Fabmimi News gathered on Twitter the party made the allegation on Saturday through its National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu who disclosed in Abuja that the APC's official website, apc.com.ng has been hacked with unauthorized content posted on the page.

He said, "Our attention has just been drawn to the fact that the APC’s official website, apc.com.ng has been hacked with unauthorised content posted on our pages."

Lanre said he has instructed that the site be taken down as steps are underway to clean it up, strengthen the security, and restore it as soon as possible.

He concluded, “We won’t allow the desperate people to succeed in their evil plots”.