- Wynne disclosed that Yomi was cruelly tortured by the police for days after he was arrested at the bookshop
The British national declared wanted by the Nigeria Police Force, Andrew Wynne, has disclosed that he won’t be turning himself in, saying he fears for his life.
The police had last week declared Wynne and one Lucky Obiyan, a Nigerian, wanted and placed N20m bounty on them for allegedly trying to oust President Bola Tinubu by allegedly financing the recent #EndBadGovernance or #Hunger protest in the country.
Wynne had denied any wrongdoings and accused the police of not extending an invitation to him.
But reacting on Tuesday, the Force spokesperson, Muyiwa Adejobi, insisted that the police had invited Wynne and given him enough time to come forward to prove his innocence.
“We have established an offence or offences against him (Wynne), and we have even declared him wanted. His accomplices have been charged in court. Let him come out. At least those people worked for him. As a good leader, a businessman, and a smart man who mobilised and organised sleeper cells to cause problems in Nigeria, he should have come out as a good leader and proven to his followers that he was a good leader. Let him come and meet us,” Adejobi said on Tuesday.
But speaking in an interview with Punch on Wednesday, Wynne said surrendering to the police may be the end of him.
He said the police have a disturbing history of treating those they don’t like as subhuman and that he would not let the fate of his employee, Yomi, befall him too.
Wynne disclosed that Yomi was cruelly tortured by the police for days after he was arrested at the bookshop.
Wynne, a 70-year-old man, stated that if he surrendered to the police, he wouldn’t survive the year.
He said, “The police say, if I am innocent I should give myself up. I am innocent. Like Yomi, for example, Yomi is completely innocent, give myself up and be tortured?
“I mean, it’s beyond fear, isn’t it? Yomi is my son and he’s completely innocent and was tortured for three days.
“And the police expect me to come back to Nigeria and be tortured? My fear is I would not be alive. It’s not about fear of torture and being beaten up by the police, it’s fear for my life. I don’t think I would survive the year if I came back to Nigeria.”