- Safiu Kehinde
In the wake of his declaration as a wanted fugitive by the Nigerian Police Force, British national, Andrew Wyyne, has broken silence over his alleged plot to overthrow President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Wyyne expressed his disbelief with the allegation while speaking in an interview with Channels Television yesterday.
Reacting to the allegations, Wynne said he was unaware of his fugitive status and oblivious of the claim that he is on the run.
He said he has been operating his bookshop at the NLC office for seven years without any form of suspicion.
“I am not aware that I am a fugitive; I am not aware that I am running away from the law,”
“I have had a bookshop at the NLC offices right at the centre of Abuja for seven years and all that time, of course the security forces have paid no interest in me,” he said.
Wynne, however, expressed his willingness to talk to the Nigerian Police Force who have placed N10 million bounty on his head alongside his alleged Nigerian accomplice, Lucky Obiyan.
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“I am more than happy to talk with the police; I am more than happy to have a discussion on WhatsApp or Zoom; I am more than happy to go to London and meet with officials from the Nigerian High Commission,” said Mr Wynne, who is also known by the name Andrew Povich.
Recall NPO Reports the invasion of the Nigerian Labour Congress house by security operatives last month.
Though admitting to the invasion, the Nigeria Police Force, however claimed the raid was not targeted at the NLC.
Rather, they were in search of a fugitive described as a national threat.
The Police Force would eventually disclose the identity of the fugitive , who allegedly turned out to be Andrew Wynne, during the trial of #EndBadGovernance protesters on Monday.
It was alleged by the Police spokesperson, Muyiwa Adejobi, on Monday that Andrew Wynne – and a co-conspirator – had built up a network of sleeper cells to destabilize Nigeria and had fled the country in the wake of last month’s cost-of-living protests.