Andrew Wynne, the Briton who was declared wanted by the Nigerian Police on Monday for allegedly plotting to overthrow President Bola Tinubu’s administration, has said that he is more than happy to talk with the police.
Wynne also denied the allegation of fighting against the Tinubu-led government slammed on him by the Nigerian Police.
News About Nigeria earlier reported that Nigeria Police declared him wanted, placing a N20 million bounty on him along with a Nigerian, Lucky Obiyan, who was described as an accomplice.
The force spokesperson, Muyiwa Adejobi, who spoke to newsmen had also accused the Briton of building a network of sleeper cells to topple the government and plunge the nation into chaos.
However, speaking on Monday’s edition of Channels Television’s Politics Today from his base in the United Kingdom, the Briton noted that he couldn’t have been scheming to destabilise the leadership of a country that accommodated him for 25 years.
In his own words, “I am not aware that I am a fugitive. I am not aware that I am running away from the law. I have been visiting Nigeria for 25 years and have had a bookshop in the NLC office right in the centre of Abuja for seven years. All that time, of course, the security forces have paid no interest in me. I have always had one nationality. The name on my passport is Andrew Wynne and I operate with a nickname. I think it really started as differentiating in the sense of the broad political education work that I do with the bookshop.
“I am more than happy to talk to the police and 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. If they want to start a conversation, then I think that is more than adequate.”
