INTERPOL Asked To Put ‘Fleeing’ Oshiomhole On Watch List

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) and INTERPOL to put the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, on their watch list of potential corrupt politicians.

The PDP made the call against the backdrop of reports that Comrade Oshiomhole had allegedly fled the country following his reported interrogation by the Department of State Services (DSS) for alleged corruption.

Although the ruling APC has denied knowledge of the alleged grilling of its National Chairman by the DSS.

The PDP said, ‘‘Adams Oshiomhole’s swift flight out of the country, at the heat of the investigation, is suspect and goes to confirm allegations that the Muhammadu Buhari Presidency is shielding him from prosecution for fear that his investigation would implicate certain interests at the Presidency and the APC,’’ the opposition said in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan.

‘‘It is ludicrous that the APC, in its lying proclivities, believes that by dismissing Oshiomhole’s arrest as a rumour and aiding him to momentarily flee the country, it would succeed in getting him off the ‘‘DSS hook as well as sweeping the matter out of public discourse with its famished broom.

‘‘No! Nigerians are already aware that Oshiomhole has not denied his investigation including his reported confession that the Presidency was in the loop of all his actions.

‘‘The PDP had always cautioned Adams Oshiomhole of his unbridled arrogance, lust for power and alleged embezzlement of public funds for which he must surely have his day in the hands of the law.

‘‘The PDP therefore demands that APC and the Buhari Presidency must immediately produce Adams Oshiomhole to face investigation and prosecution in our courts,’’ said the PDP.

Reacting earlier to the alleged interrogation of Oshiomhole by the DSS, the National Publicity Secretary of APC, Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu, said: “We do not have any information on this rumor. More so, the Chairman is not around in the country to confirm or deny this. As soon as we have any relevant information, you’ll be updated”.