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RockMaxi: Don't feign ignorance. That was the woman that sheltered and fed Tinubu and you are saying no to gender equality...

Excuse me, when did I say that? Read my comment again...

barcanista: I don't like to play to gender card

tokunboh: He mentored his daughter and she was promoted as iyaloja of Lagos. He mentored Lagos state's money and land such that they are in an eternal fixed deposit opened in his name. All hail mentor Bola Tinubu aka Moshood Ogundire BSc MSc PhD Chicago State University

It is very simple, the PDP should use the instrument of the LAW and PROSECUTE him if the bold is true. Pls the PDP is in government!!! Or lets agree that they are incompetent.

ichidodo: [color=#1980BC] A thiiefnubu a** licking thread.... [/color]

Where is Chimaroke Namani, the former Governor of your state? How relevant is he today in Nigeria politics?

barcanista: Excuse me, when did I say that? Read my comment again...

Let me leave you and your gender card

KIRIJI: Where is Chimaroke Namani, the former Governor of your state? How relevant is he today in Nigeria politics?

The amazing thing is that these men still RESPECT Bola Tinubu till this day. When Obanikoro's Son did his wedding, Bola Tinubu was invited as the FATHER OF THE DAY

barcanista: The amazing thing is that these men still RESPECT Bola Tinubu till this day. When Obanikoro's Son did his wedding, Bola Tinubu was invited as the FATHER OF THE DAY

Bros
Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu also has his own flaws. I have some reservations about him but i still admire his political sagacity.

Tinubu was one of the chief financier of NADECO. He was part of the democracy activist that fought the military junta of General Sani Abacha before he became the Governor of Lagos state in the fourth republic.

KIRIJI: Bros
Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu also has is own flaws. I have some reservations about him but i still admire his political sagacity.

Tinubu was one of the chief finacier of NADECO. He was part of the democracy activist that fought the military junta of General Sani Abacha before he became the Governor of Lagos state in the fourth republic.

I know he has his flaws like every human. I have also criticised him on several occasions(Not Pull him Down)

KIRIJI: Bros
Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu also has is own flaws. I have some reservations about him but i still admire his political sagacity.

Tinubu was one of the chief finacier of NADECO. He was part of the democracy activist that fought the military junta of General Sani Abacha before he became the Governor of Lagos state in the fourth republic.

In fact....the governorship of Lagos was like his compensation as an activist that battled the military junta.....he was deeply in the trenches with people like Gov Fayemi of Ekiti.

ilugunboy: In fact....the governorship of Lagos was like his compensation as an activist that battled the military junta.....he was deeply in the trenches with people like Gov Fayemi of Ekiti.

Exactly.
When Governor Kayode Fayemi was in exile he founded Radio Freedom, Radio Democracy international & Radio Kudirat. Their propaganda and diplomatic engagements helped facilitate the sanctions that was slammed on General Sani Abacha's junta by the UN, commonwealth etc.

I wonder were our own president jonathan was during those dark days.

KIRIJI: Exactly.
When Governor Kayode Fayemi was in exile he founded Radio Freedom, Radio Democracy international & Radio Kudirat. Their propaganda and diplomatic engagements helped facilitate the sanctions that was slammed on Genearl Sani Abacha's junta by the UN, commonwealth etc.

I wonder were our own president jonathan was during those dark days

He was a civil servant, a deputy director in a ministry..operating from an obscured office in Yenogoa.

ilugunboy: In fact....the governorship of Lagos was like his compensation as an activist that battled the military junta.....he was deeply in the trenches with people like Gov Fayemi of Ekiti.

he is an enigma and one of the fathers of Nigeria Modern democracy. As the "Last Man Standing" in 2003, he refused to join the PDP despite several advances from the Obj's government and SW PDP Governors. He joined forces to form the AC with faction of then AD, while Atiku led a faction of PDP. Again, he suffered a setback when Atiku left AC to PDP in 2010. Tinubu remained in AC. Then ACN before leading his party along with progressives in other parties led by Mohammadu Buhari of CPC to form the Biggest opposition party in Nigeria's history-APC.

KIRIJI: Bros
Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu also has is own flaws. I have some reservations about him but i still admire his political sagacity.
Tinubu was one of the chief finacier of NADECO. He was part of the democracy activist that fought the military junta of General Sani Abacha before he became the Governor of Lagos state in the fourth republic.

Of course, as a human being, he would have his flaws. He is not God so he can not be perfect.

KIRIJI: Exactly.
When Governor Kayode Fayemi was in exile he founded Radio Freedom, Radio Democracy international & Radio Kudirat. Their propaganda and diplomatic engagements helped facilitate the sanctions that was slammed on General Sani Abacha's junta by the UN, commonwealth etc.

I wonder were our own president jonathan was during those dark days.

Jonatha? Lolsss
He was somewhere in OMPADEC drinking palm wine and kai kai.

barcanista: he is an enigma and one of the fathers of Nigeria Modern democracy. As the "Last Man Standing" in 2003, he refused to join the PDP despite several advances from the Obj's government and SW PDP Governors. He joined forces to form the AC with faction of then AD, while Atiku led a faction of PDP. Again, he suffered a setback when Atiku left AC to PDP in 2010. Tinubu remained in AC. Then ACN before leading his party along with progressives in other parties led by Mohammadu Buhari of CPC to form the Biggest opposition party in Nigeria's history-APC.

What ever anyone may say against him.....he is one man that is very comfortable as an opposition player to PDP....you have very rare of his kind left in Nigeria.

Almost every known politician in Nigeria bar GMB have gone in and out of PDP.....but not this enigma.....a thorough bred politician in my opinion if you ask me.

KIRIJI: Bros
Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu also has is own flaws. I have some reservations about him but i still admire his political sagacity.

Tinubu was one of the chief finacier of NADECO. He was part of the democracy activist that fought the military junta of General Sani Abacha before he became the Governor of Lagos state in the fourth republic.

His drug money laundering activities and subsequent FORFEITURE of the bank balance to the US authorities of such proceeds is at variance with the above narrative.

How U.S Federal Agents succesfully Linked Bola Tinubu to drug Trafficking Ring in Chicago

Facts have emerged that the erstwhile Governor of Lagos state, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu may have been involved in a white heroin trafficking network which operated in Chicago and some parts of Indiana and led by one Adegboyega Mueez Akande between 1988 and 1993. The source of the white heroine was identified as one Mr. Lee Andrew Edwards who was incarcerated for attempting to murder a federal agent while the agent was executing a search warrant on him.

According to the Verified Complaint for forfeiture in case No. 93 C 4483 Obtained by SaharaReporters, which was filed on July 26, 1993 before the Hon. Judge Nordberg of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, the United States Government urged the Court to order the forfeiture of funds in accounts Nos. 263226700 held by First Heritage Bank in the name of Bola Tinubu, funds in accounts 39483134, 39483396, 4650279566, 00400220, 39936404 and 39936383 held by Citibank N.A in the name of Bola Tinubu and funds in accounts 52050-89451952,52050-89451952, 52050-89451953 held by Citibank in the name of Bola Tinubu because there was probable cause to believe that the funds in Tinubu’s bank accounts represented proceeds of narcotics trafficking or were monies involved in financial transactions in violations of 18 U.S.C, sections 1956 and 1957 and therefore, was forfeitable to the U.S Government.

However, in a tacit defense of the ownership of the funds, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu averred in Court that the funds belonged to himself, his wife, K.O Tinubu and his surrogate mother, Alhaja Mogaji and warranted that they had exclusive right, title and interest to the funds.

In an affidavit sworn to by Kevin Moss, a Special Agent with the United States Internal Revenue Service, criminal investigation division in support of the verified complaint for forfeiture of Bola Tinubu’s moneys held in various Bank accounts, the agent gave a vivid account of how he came to the conclusion that the funds were proceeds of narcotics transaction in violation of the U.S law.

Mr. Moss averred that prior to and during 1988; the government became involved in the investigation of a white heroin trafficking network operating in Chicago, Illinois and Hammond, Indiana. The investigation disclosed that an individual known as Lee Andrew Edwards was a source of white heroin. The government sources provided information about Lee Andrew Edwards including the identity of a telephone number which activated in electronic pager. This pager according to him was to be called to place an order for white heroin. According to Mr. Moss, this pager was subscribed to by one Adegboyega Mueez Akande who at that time was a resident of Chicago.

Mr. Moss further averred that during February 1988, an individual named Abiodun Agbele arrived in the U.S from Nigeria and during investigation by the government, Agbele disclosed that Akande was his uncle who provided him an apartment in Hammond, Indiana.

According to Agbele, Mr. Akande returned to Nigeria in1990; however, before he left, he instructed Agbale to serve as a source of white heroin for Mr. Lee Andrew Edwards as a result of which Agbele sold white heroin for Lee Andrew Edwards on numerous occasions. Following a tip off, Agbele sold one ounce of white heroin to a law enforcement agent undercover on November 28, 1990 for $7,000 and was subsequently arrested. After his arrest, Agbele agreed to cooperate with the law enforcement agents regarding the white heroin distribution and network of Akande.

According to Agbele, Akande controlled the operation of white heroin from Nigeria in conjunction with other individuals in Nigeria and the U.S. One other individual who worked with Akande according to the affidavit was identified as Bola Tinubu who later became the governor of Lagos state from 1999 to 2007.

The investigation also revealed that in December 1989, Akande took Bola Tinubu to First Heritage bank where Bola Tinubu opened an individual money market. In the account opening application, Tinubu, gave his address as 7504 South Stewart, Chicago, the same address used previously by Akande and his company, Globe-Link. This is the same address used as the drop-off point for packages from Nigeria that contained the white heroin. According to bank records, Bola Tinubu also opened a joint checking account in his name and the name of his wife, Oluremi Tinubu. Mrs. Tinubu had previously opened a joint Bank account also in the same bank with Abdrey Akande, the wife of the heroin kingpin, Adegboyega Mueez Akande.

Upon opening the account, Tinubu deposited the sum of $1,000 in traveler’s check. However, five days after opening the account, specifically, on January 4, 1990, Tinubu deposited the sum of $80,000 into the account.

According to the federal agent, in a credit application dated January 6, 1990, Bola Tinubu disclosed that he resided at 7504 South Stewart and that Mueez A. Akande was his cousin. Tinubu further stated that he was an employee of Mobil Oil Nigeria Limited, Fairfax, Virginia and his take home pay was $2,400 per month. Additionally, Tinubu stated on the application that he had no other sources of income and listed his wife, Oluremi Tinubu as co-applicant for the application for automobile loan. The loan was secured with the certificate of deposit in the amount of $10,000 which Tinubu had purchased with a withdrawal from the $80,000 deposit in his checking account.

According to the federal agent, Bank records from First heritage Bank disclosed that in 1990 alone, Bola Tinubu deposited $661,000 into his individual money market account and in 1993; he deposited the sum of $1,216,500 into the same money market account. The agent further avers that in 1991, Tinubu began opening accounts at Citibank in the section known as the world-wide personal banking unit where he transferred the sum of $560,000 from his money market account at the First Heritage Bank.

This development prompted the Federal agents to interview representatives from Mobil Oil regarding Tinubu’s employment status and his take-home pay. The Mobil Oil representatives confirmed to the investigators that Tinubu was employed by the Mobil Oil as a treasurer. Mobil Oil further told the federal agents that this position did not involve the transfer of large amounts of money between banking institutions. Mobil oil representatives also stated that under no circumstance would Tinubu be permitted to retain money belonging to Mobil Oil in accounts bearing Tinubu’s name. Finally, Mobil Oil confirmed that the corporation never had any accounts in banks in the southern suburbs of Chicago.

On January 10, 1992, the federal agents obtained a court Order freezing Tinubu’s accounts at First Heritage Bank and Citibank respectively. Thereafter, Tinubu contacted the First Heritage Bank to transfer money from his accounts and was advised that the accounts had been seized by the U.S Treasury.

On January 13, 1992, Mr. Moss, the Federal agent contacted Bola Tinubu in Nigeria by phone using a number provided to the First Heritage Bank by Tinubu himself. Mr. Moss averred that during the course of the interview, Bola Tinubu confirmed that he knew Mueez Adegboyega Akande. Tinubu further admitted during the interview with the federal agent that he had wire transferred $100,000 to Akande’s bank account in Houston and that the $80,000.00 of the funds used to open the account at First Heritage Bank had come from Akande. Tinubu further admitted that he had other accounts in Fairfax, Virginia and London.

Concluding his affidavit evidence, Mr. Moss stated that with all these evidence, there was probable cause to believe that the funds in the accounts held by First Heritage Bank and Citibank, N.A in the name of Bola Tinubu represented property that was involved in narcotics transaction in violation of the U.S law. He therefore, urged the Court to issue an order of forfeiture of the funds.

After a protracted litigation in which Bola Tinubu claimed that the monies legitimately belonged to him, his wife, Oluremi Tinubu and his surrogate mother, one Alhaja Mogaji, Bola Tinubu finally opted for a stipulated settlement with the U.S government. According to the settlement Order dated September 15, 1993; Hon. Judge John A Nordberg ordered that the sum of $460,000 held by Bola Tinubu in The First Heritage Bank account be forfeited to the United States Government. The Court also ordered the release of the funds held in the Citibank account and any money held in excess of $460,000 at the First Heritage account to Bola Tinubu in line with the agreement and stipulation reached by Tinubu with the federal agents.

Ironically, this case came up at the peak of the struggle against the annulment of the June 12, 1993 presidential election by the Gen. Babagida-led military junta during which time Tinubu as a member and one of the leading financiers of the National democratic Coalition (NADECO) made several “pro-democracy” trips to the U.S ostensibly to press for U.S sanctions against the Nigerian junta. It is therefore doubtful whether most of those trips were actually connected with the June 12, struggle after all.

From: Sahara Reporters

ilugunboy: He was a civil servant, a deputy director in a ministry..operating from an obscured office in Yenogoa.

He was even a mediocre in OMPADEC.

barcanista: He was even a mediocre in OMPADEC.

That is the reason Nigeria generally is finding it hard to play in the league of advancing nations....when you thrust power on the laps of those barely prepared nor interested.

anonimi: His drug money laundering activities and subsequent FORFEITURE of the bank balance to the US authorities of such proceeds is at variance with the above narrative.

Take your gossip else where. Tinubu just returned from the USA.. Why didn't they arrest him? He has no immunity, why didn't NDLEA/Police Arrest him?

But let Kashamu Barawo travel to USA

barcanista: Take your gossip else where. Tinubu just returned from the USA.. Why didn't they arrest him? He has no immunity, why didn't NDLEA/Police Arrest him?

But let Kashamu Barawo travel to USA

GBAM!

They accused him in Nigeria.....the FG that he is a torn in the flesh can't prosecute him successfully.

They insinuate he has a case in the US.....the man breezes in and out of the States as he likes........


......and they will still keep trying to force the fallacy down gullible Nigerians.

ilugunboy: That is the reason Nigeria generally is finding it hard to play in the league of advancing nations....when you thrust power on the laps of those barely prepared nor interested.

Jonathan's rise to power was accidental or "divine". Who would have even considered him if he contested as an opposition? Not even Mama Peace

anonimi: His drug money laundering activities and subsequent FORFEITURE of the bank balance to the US authorities of such proceeds is at variance with the above narrative.

I know you will go into your archive to dust out this nonsense that you bring out anytime it comes to Tinubu.

Shamelessly quoting the same SR you guys have been ridiculing in the past 2 months.

ilugunboy: GBAM!

They accused him in Nigeria.....the FG that he is a torn in the flesh can't prosecute him successfully.

They insinuate he has a case in the US.....the man breezes in and out of the States as he likes........


......and they will still keep trying to force the fallacy down gullible Nigerians.

Thank you! This is the same propaganda that they have been using against GMB. Fortunately, their propaganda has become stale and no one takes them serious. The guy probably thinks US prosecutors and investigators are as incompetent as the ones we have over here.

barcanista: Take your gossip else where. Tinubu just returned from the USA.. Why didn't they arrest him? He has no immunity, why didn't NDLEA/Police Arrest him?

But let Kashamu Barawo travel to USA

moreso, Tinubu is a close associate of former president Bill Clinton nay the american government.

egift: "No matter what anyone may say about me it is unlikely that I can be accused of supporting incompetent or morally light-weight individuals for important political positions. My philosophy is to put the best forward, men and women of competence and integrity, who can stand up to us politicians to challenge us and say no when necessary. Such people are not noisy or able to gain attention by being loud, I believe my role is to do all I can to project them."
- Bola Tinubu 2014 https://www.nairaland.com/1883975/tinubu-replies-tom-ikimi

When you read something from someone with this kind of mindset....you just can't help but feel that Nigeria is blessed with very profound and intellectual minds.

[quote author=cyril10]Like father like sons, all of them are thieves, so keep trying to polish them. There is no way you will wash a dog's nose that will make it turn white[quote]Word!

ilugunboy: What ever anyone may say against him.....he is one man that is very comfortable as an opposition player to PDP....you have very rare of his kind left in Nigeria.

Almost every known politician in Nigeria bar GMB have gone in and out of PDP.....but not this enigma.....a thorough bred politician in my opinion if you ask me.

among his peers, he's the most respected. More respected than even Obj, Ibb, Abdusalam and Shagari.

barcanista: Take your gossip else where. Tinubu just returned from the USA.. Why didn't they arrest him? He has no immunity, why didn't NDLEA/Police Arrest him?

But let Kashamu Barawo travel to USA

Slug, it is obvious in the article presented that Tinubu had a deal to forfeit the drug money while he was left off the hook.

in otherword, he is free to travel to the USA since he is no longer a fugitive.

Referencing other APC slugs.

KIRIJI: moreso, Tinubu is a close associate of former president Bill Clinton nay the american government.

Ebele Jonathan apart from being the President does not enjoy special relationship with Global leaders. Not even with a "Common" Senator in the US

Rad1cal: Slug, it is obvious in the article presented that Tinubu had a deal to forfeit the drug money while he was left off the hook.

in otherword, he is free to travel to the USA since he is no longer a fugitive.

Referencing to other APC slugs.

deal? How many fugitives has enjoyed such deals? Where is the court papers or agreement?

Would anybody ever call Jonathan their mentor? Does he have the power of being referred to as such?