A Briton, Andrew Wynne, who has been declared wanted by the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has said he is not on the run and available to speak to the police.
He, however, proposed a WhatsApp or Zoom meeting, or a trip to London to meet with officials from the Nigerian High Commission.
Wynne was accused of plotting to overthrow the democratically-elected government of President Bola Tinubu, amongst other charges, for which he was declared wanted.
In an exclusive interview with Channels Television, the Briton, who denied any wrongdoing, said: “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. 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.
“I only have one nationality and the name on my passport is Andrew Wynne with a nickname. 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. If they want to start a conversation then I think that is more than adequate.”
The Nigerian wife of the Briton also described the allegations against him as false.
According to her, her husband’s ordeal is far from the allegation of toppling the government being levelled against him by the police.
She accused a Nigerian, whom she claimed owes her husband, of looking for ways to throw Wynne out of the country to avoid paying the debt.
“We have been together for nine years, eight years of friendship before we finally got married last year. My husband is falsely accused, he has never been a terrorist. He is being accused because one Mr Olumide is owing him and not ready to pay him,” she said.
“The case is in court even now. So, he is just doing anything he can to intimidate and throw him out of the country. He is in the UK because he came in and at the expiring date of his going back, he had to go back. If not for all these, he is supposed to be back maybe around twenty something in September.”
