Visiting My Daughter In Aso Villa Is Like Going To Jail –Soyode, Father Of V.P Osinbajo's Wife

Elder Olutayo Soyode, the father of the wife of the Vice-President, Mrs. Dolapo Osinbajo, says he dreads going to Aso Rock for a visit because going there is like going to jail, given the way his movement would be monitored and he would need to sign various forms before he could go out, for security reasons.

Speaking in an exclusive interview with Saturday PUNCH on Friday, the 74-year-old said he loved to be free and he wasn’t the type to sit in one place and be watching television under heavy security.

When asked how often he visits the villa to see his daughter’s family, he said, “I don’t go there often. Going there is like going to jail, as far as I’m concerned. It’s like locking me up.

The way you see me, do I look like someone that can be kept in one place and before I could go out, I have to sign papers and there would be plenty phone calls? I would just run mad, because I’m not used to such.

I’m a free man. That place (Aso Rock), is a very good place but I’m not the type to live there, so I don’t go there often. Anytime I go, I do give them time, like telling them I was coming for two days. I don’t even live with them.

Let us say we are in Abuja now, you possibly can’t visit me for this interview. They won’t allow you to come in, and if you have to, you would have to sign different papers. If I go there, I would be there alone, watching television. I can’t do that. I would rather stay where they can visit me and anybody can see me.”