National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Adams Oshiomhole has denied that he was arrested, detained and granted administrative bail by the Department of State Services (DSS), after nine hours of interrogation.
Speaking with editors in Lagos, Oshiomhole insisted that he saw DSS once and had conversation with them.
He said, “It was not an arrest or detention”.
“The conversation centered around APC primaries. The question now is whether or not it is the DSS job to interfere in a political party’s issues. And if there’s an allegation of corruption, it is the responsibility of EFCC and ICPC.”
The former Edo state governor also said he was not released on administrative bail, adding that the Governor of Kogi, Yahaya Bello, did not come to pick him up from the DSS office.
“I was the one who called Yahaya Bello and he came but I drove home in my own car.”
Reacting on the Peoples Democratic Party’s call for his arrest, Oshiomhole said, “What would they have said if it was the PDP chairman that was invited by DSS, for instance over the dollar bazaar at their Port Harcourt primary?
“They would have said democracy is under threat and would have fired a letter to the UN as they often ridicule themselves.”
Oshiomhole is 100% correct on this one, DSS is ridiculing itself and being petty by indulging in matters of a political party’s infighting. He is also correct that PDP folks were being stupid in applauding his “arrest” over matters within his political party. Bantus of Nigeria should get a life.