More controversies continues to unravel as a result of Bola Tinubu’s trip to London.
Now, he has been accused of holding a secret meeting with Olukayode Ariwoola in London.
Ariwoola is the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN).
Nigerians were shocked when they heard that Ariwoola disguised as a cripple to meet Tinubu.
Many allege Tinubu used money to reduce a CJN to a cripple.
Tinubu allegedly met with Ariwoola to seek the favour of the judiciary, as his opponents seek to overturn his victory in the February 25, 2023 election.
Malicious Story
As expected, the camp of the President elect has reacted to the report.
They say the story is malicious.
Bayo Onanuga refutes the claims in a statement released on Thursday.
He is the Director of Media and Publicity of the APC presidential campaign council (PCC).
According to him, Tinubu is currently in France.
The statement reads, “Our attention has been drawn to the grossly fake, misleading and malicious story about the Chief Justice of Nigeria Olukayode Ariwoola disguising to meet President-elect Bola Tinubu in London.
“The story was a pure concoction from the hallucinating minds of hatchet men bent on creating doubts and public distrust about the legitimacy of our recent election, which was won by Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
No Meeting Was Held
“We refute emphatically that there has been no clandestine meeting between the President-elect and the respected Chief Justice of our country, anywhere. It’s pure fabricated news, groundless in fact and authenticity.
“To show that the story was a mere salacious fiction, meant to draw traffic to the discredited purveyor, it claimed the Chief Justice left Nigeria for London on 11 March, on a wheelchair to board a plane.
“The President-elect left Nigeria on 21 March, 10 clear days thereafter.
“What kind of appointment or secret meeting will the two men have arranged in London, with so wide disparate arrival dates, except in the imagination of the false news merchants?
Deserved Rest
The statement says Tinubu is in France to have a deserved rest and not in London, as claimed.
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“We can confirm that the President-elect, who left Nigeria on Tuesday has not been in London.
He is right now in France to have a deserved rest, after a hectic campaign that began in January 2022.
“He will go to London thereafter before proceeding to Mecca for the lesser Hajj”.
There Will Be More False News
Onanuga says, Nigerians should expect more false news, as the inauguration date draws near.
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“As we move towards inauguration on 29 May 2023, Nigerians should expect more false and salacious news from a section of the Nigerian media, on the payroll of the opposition.”
