Embattled National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Adams Oshiomhole, has denied reports that he met with the National Leader of the party, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in London over his interrogation by the Department of State Security Services (DSS).
Oshiomhole said if he wanted to discuss with Tinubu, there was no need for him to go to London as reported in some media as he could easily see him in Lagos.
Speaking with journalists in Benin shortly after attending the inter-denominational service marking Gov. Godwin Obaseki’s second year in office, Oshiomhole said he had unhindered access to the presidential villa.
“What am I doing in London? Why will I go to London to see Tinubu when I can see him in Lagos?
“We don’t have issues to resolve in London. So there was no need for us to meet there. The leader of the party, President Buhari, I have access to the villa all the time. I don’t need to go to London to see my leader through the queen,” he said.
He added that once a news reporter succeeded in preaching one lie, he was obliged to preach several lies to sustain the one lie, adding that some of the media, having allowed opposition to misuse them to fake news, now felt obliged to “faking more news, but I am here and I am fine.”
The former Edo State governor advised aspirants who were aggrieved over the primaries to learn from President Buhari who contested for the presidency three times without losing hope and that there was no way he could make all the contestants win at the primaries.
On his part, Gov. Obaseki said some chieftains of the APC were against Oshiomhole because of the change he introduced to the party during the primaries.
