By Halimah Olamide
The All Progressives Congress (APC), has debunked alleged covert meetings between the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola and the President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
This was contained in a press release issued on Thursday which was signed by the spokesperson of the APC President Campaign Council.
“Our attention has been drawn to the grossly fake, misleading and malicious story about the Chief Justice of Nigeria Olukayode Ariwoola disguising to meet President-elect Bola Tinubu in London.
“The story was a pure concoction from the hallucinating minds of hatchet men bent on creating doubts and public distrust about the legitimacy of our recent election, which was won by Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
“We refute emphatically that there has been no clandestine meeting between the President-elect and the respected Chief Justice of our country, any where. It’s pure fabricated news, groundless in fact and authenticity.”
According to the statement, Justice Ariwoola left the country for London on the 11th of March on a wheelchair to board a plane, hence it’s flimsy accusations shows the story was a mere salacious fiction.
Meanwhile, the President elect left Nigeria on 21 March, 10 clear days thereafter.
“What kind of appointment or secret meeting will the two men have arranged in London, with so wide disparate arrival dates, except in the imagination of the false news merchants?
“We can confirm that the President-elect, who left Nigeria Tuesday has not been in London.
He is right now in France to have a deserved rest, after a hectic campaign that began in January 2022.
“He will go to London thereafter before proceeding to Mecca for the lesser Hajj.” The statement read.
The statement further urged Nigerians to be alert and expect more false news from a section of the Nigerian media, on the payroll of the opposition. as the inauguration date slated for 29 May, 2023 is approaching.
“We urge the media once again to cross check their information from the President-elect media office before rushing to press.”