DSS probe: Oshiomhole denies meeting Tinubu in London

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams
Oshiomhole, on Sunday denied meeting with the party’s National
Leader, Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu, over his encounter with the
Department of State Services.

Oshiomhole, who had reportedly been quizzed by the DSS over the
party’s primaries but maintained that he only had an interaction
with the security outfit, explained that there was no reason for
him to go to London to talk with Tinubu because he could easily
meet him in Lagos.

Speaking with journalists shortly after an interdenominational
thanksgiving service to mark the second year in office of his
successor, Governor Godwin Obaseki, in Benin City, Edo State, the
former governor stated that he also had unhindered access to
President Muhammadu Buhari.

He said, “What am I doing in London? Why will I go to London to
see Tinubu when I can see him in Bourdillon?

“What are the issues between him and me that we are to resolve
in London? The leader of the party, which is President Buhari, I
have access to (at) the Villa all the time.

“I do not need to go to London to see my leader, through the
Queen. The truth is that once a news reporter succeeds in preaching
one lie, he is obliged to preach several lies to sustain the one
lie. Some of the media, having allowed the opposition to misuse
them to publish fake news, they now feel obliged to fake more news.
But I am here and I am fine.”

In his remark, Obaseki said some chieftains of the APC were
against Oshiomhole because of the change being introduced to the
party to make no one above the law.

The governor also said Nigerians would soon begin to feel the
impact of what he called the fundamental changes being made by the
President.

“Some of the fundamental changes started by the Buhari/Osibanjo
(administration) will manifest shortly. For the first time, people
are now afraid to do wrong.

“What Oshiomhole is doing is to institute a regime of change
where nobody is above the law,” Obaseki stated.

He further stated that his administration would invest massively
in infrastructure and support people to grow their businesses or
ideas rather than give out free money.

He also disclosed that the state government had commenced the
training of 4,000 youths to boost security.

“One key element is that whatever we do must affect the people.
We are stressing our limited resources to work for the people. We
will spend money to work for the people,” Obaseki said.