From Molly Kilete. Abuja
The Nigeria Police Force Headquarters in abuja, has called on Andrew Wynne, the British national declared wanted to come out of his hiding and surrender himself to the force.
The police have also debunked allegations by Wynne that it did not send any invitation before declaring him wanted.
The force however,ruled out the possibility of interrogating Wynne on Zoom as he requested.
The police had on Monday, declared Wynne and his alleged Nigerian alleged collaborator, Lucky Obiyan, wanted for allegedly plotting to overthrow the administration of President Bola and placed a N20m as bounty onsnyone with information that couid lead to their arrest.
Wynne had on Monday, in an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today, said he was not aware that he had been labelled a fugitive.
At a media briefing in Abuja, yesterday ,Force Public Relations Officer Olumuyiwa Adejobi, told journalists that the police made several contacts with Wynne, but he refused to show up even after his workshop was invaded.
According to Adejobi, “He (Wynne) has been contacted several times. He has been so faceless. We went to invade that bookshop. As he asked questions, he came out. If you have a genuine business, are you not going to ask the police what we went to do in his shop or his office?
“Up till now, he has not shown up. We have been able to trace his private school. We visited his school; has he shown up? We have interrogated staff and people working with him. Has he shown up? So where is he and why is he hiding and speaking from hiding that he has no case to answer?
“As I said, it is not a subject of debate or argument. We have done what we should as a responsible security institution.”
Adejobi while noting that some offences had been established against Wynne, and that one of his accomplices had been arraigned in Court, dared Wynne to come out of hiding and face the wrath of the law like his accomplices.
“We have established an offence or offences against him, and we have even declared him wanted. His accomplices have been charged in court.
“Let him come out. At least those people worked for him. As a good leader, as a businessman, as a smart man who mobilised and organised sleeper cells to cause problems in Nigeria.
“He should have come out as a good leader. So let him prove to his followers that he is a good leader. Let him come and meet us.”
Answering journalists questions on the possibility of Zoom interrogation suggested by Wynne would not be accepted by the police based on the gravity of the allegations preferred against him, Adejobi, said, “We have questions to ask him. This is a guy who has been travelling out of Nigeria frequently.
Why is it difficult for him to come down? Who is going to take a Zoom meeting for a suspect in this kind of offence? No.
“Let him come. I am still calling him again. Let him come. Suppose he’s a good man.
“If he is a genuine businessman in Nigeria, let Andrew Wynne report to the police so that he can come and clear some grey areas.”