The
National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Mr Adams Oshiomhole, is
expected to return to the Department of State Services for further
interrogation anytime he returns to the country, The Punch learnt on Thursday.
It
was also gathered that President Muhammadu Buhari was aware of the
investigation of the former governor of Edo State by the security agency.
It
was gathered that the President was informed by the Director-General of the
DSS, Mr Yusufi Bichi, about the desire of the agency to grill Oshiomhole over
allegations levelled against him by some aggrieved members of the party.
Presidency
sources told one of Punch correspondents that the President actually asked the
secret police to “go ahead and do their job” when he was told about the
allegations of the party chairman.
Oshiomhole,
who became the national chairman of the party less than five months ago, has
been having a running battle with some governors and leaders within the ruling
party.
The
leaders and the governors believed that the former governor did not handle the
just concluded party primaries across the country well.
It
was learnt that some of the governors, especially those who were unable
to secure party tickets for their favourite candidates, had been mounting
pressure on the President to overrule the party chairman on the choice of
candidates from their states.
It
was reported on Wednesday that the DSS grilled Oshiomhole for about nine hours
between Sunday and Monday before he travelled out of the county.
Security
sources confirmed to one of punch correspondents that Oshiomhole would be
expected to return for interrogation on his return to the country.
Investigations
showed that the interrogation of Oshiomhole was kept secret because the DSS
believed it was a party matter.
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