Former Military Head of State,
Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida, has wondered why the Nigeria Police have declared
his spokeman, Kassim Afegbua, wanted over a statement he authorized him to send
out.
Afegbua revealed this to newsmen,
when he reported at the Police Headquarters on Wednesday morning, in company of
his wife, lawyer and friends.
The Inspector General of Police,
Ibrahim Idris, had on Monday ordered Afegbua’s arrest over a statement he
issued on behalf of Babangida, urging President Muhammadu Buhari not to seek
re-election in 2019.
The ex-President’s media aide
said when he was declared wanted by the police, Babangida called him and asked
if he was a criminal.
“It will even interest you to
know that when I was declared wanted on Channels TV and Nigerian Television
Authority, (NTA), my boss; IBB was the one who called me and said ‘why are they
declaring you wanted? Are you a criminal? and we laughed over it.
“He also asked if I was on the
run and if I have been given invitation and he said, okay that is interesting.
My boss said he heard on the news that they talked about defamation of
character and he asked whose character have you defamed?
“So I am very much in touch with
him and I am not doing anything out of the blues. He is a man I have been with
for the past 14 years as spokesman. Even when I went to serve in my state, I
was still very much in touch with him. I have said it before that I am part and
parcel of him, we are family and so I don’t have any cause to worry over
anything.
“I am only here personally
because I was declared wanted. I am not on the run, I am not a fugitive to the
law and as a responsible Nigerian, I feel it was unwise on the part of the
police to declare me wanted when I have not been formally invited. So I am here
to present myself. I am here with my wife, other family members and my lawyer.”
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