I didn’t hold a secret meeting with CJN in London – Tinubu

By Kasim Isa Muhammad

Kanempress

24th March, 2023.

The President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has debunked a report saying that he holds a secret meeting with the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Olukayode Ariwoola, in London to curry the favour of the judiciary as his opponents battle to nullify his mandate.

This was revealed in a statement by the Director, Media and Publicity of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council, PCC, Mr Bayo Onanuga, Tinubu reiterated the fact that he is currently in France and could not have also been in London holding the said meeting.

The statement read, “Our attention has been drawn to the grossly fake, misleading and malicious story about the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Olukayode Ariwoola, disguising themself 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.

“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 March 11, on a wheelchair to board a plane.

It added that “We can confirm that the President-elect, who left Nigeria 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”.