Supporters of Nigeria’s president-elect are lashing out on Twitter after UBerFacts, a reliable facts-promoting platform, published Bola Tinubu’s legal woes with the U.S. authorities which had him forfeit $460,000 ill-gotten gains from cocaine deals to the American government in 1993.

“In 1993, Bola Ahmed Tinubu surrendered $460,000 to the US government after a Chicago court found the income came from heroin trafficking,” UberFacts shared with its 13.5 million global audience at midnight on Monday. The platform attached an article from Peoples Gazette that detailed Mr Tinubu’s criminal run-in with the foreign authorities.

The matter, which jumped up to the number one Twitter trend, has rankled Mr Tinubu’s team as high-ranking members of his campaign team — presumably deciding how to best respond and counter the post — have kept mum while the lower-level supporters are unleashing vitriol on UberFacts’s Twitter account in an effort to ridicule and discredit the platform.

The usual surrogates -Bayo Onanuga, Festus Keyamo, Femi Fani-Kayode, Dele Alake - who are quick to jump against the slightest criticism against their principal have all so far kept studied silence, likely strategising to counter UberFacts as they did when Chimamanda Adichie, celebrated Nigerian author, asked the U.S. president Joe Biden not to congratulate Mr Tinubu on his questionable election victory last week.

“@uberfacts is actually @uberlies,” tweeted @KemPatriot, an APC loyalist. “If you have ever relied on @UberFacts for facts, it’s time to unfollow them, they are a pay per post organisation, who post lies for th (sic) highest bidder.”

Another loyalist of president-elect alleged UberFacts was a propaganda platform, even though the full court documents had since been published by The Gazette.

“We know the mandators and propagandists that convulse on mendacious innuendoes. They are free to bring same as evidence to court. Make I take Uber go check inauguration venue again self, @AdeHardemola quipped. “Awa ti se orire lati ana.”

@Zdenowo claimed the platform published Mr Tinubu’s drug case to gain relevance online.

“They know their audience. They needed the attention of the headless mob to revive their already dead page. I didn’t even bother reading the story because I know their game plan. Yeye people,” they tweeted.

“Yeye people” means unserious people in the Yoruba language.

Despite the certified true copies of his money forfeiture already in the public domain, Mr Tinubu insists he has no criminal record when he registered his presidential ambition with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) last year.

The president-elect, all through his campaign, avoided talks regarding his haunting criminal past and his supporters flay anyone or groups who bring up the matter.

“Nonsense. That is my reaction,” Mr Onanuga told The Gazette Monday afternoon. “They keep recycling this matter. Who is Uber! Who is Uber! Please don’t spoil my day,” he stressed as he dismissed the matter.

The matter, which jumped up to the number one Twitter trend, has rankled Mr Tinubu’s team as high-ranking members of his campaign team — presumably deciding how to best respond and counter the post — have kept mum while the lower-level supporters are unleashing vitriol on UberFacts’s Twitter account in an effort to ridicule and discredit the platform.

MikoB:
Alll the noise about Tinubu will surely go down by the the time he is sworn in on my may 29,i don't know why most people now, don't think uprightly any longer, it was obvious Tinubu was going to win, immediately pdp got divided with Obi and kwankwaso leaving also there was a G5 faction as well, those of you hating Tinubu better start planning for another election with real strategy not all these propangada and defamation of name, I am not a fan of Tinubu but I don't hate him either, but from the beginning I realised there were only two ways to stop Tinubu and they were 1)God and the 2)was Buhari but Buhari decided to look other way during the primary...

JAMO84:
So what is the benefit of this latest uproar about a dead case to the 3rd place sore losers? Can it stop Tinubu from being sworn in? Can it change the fact that PO was properly humiliated to 3rd place in the election?

Danisaint112:
As it stands the Job of defending the agbado loving and drug Lord candidate is the hardest Job you can do right now on planet Earth.

I feel for Tinubu Supporters. His past and present life is making his Supporters look more stupid and heartless for supporting him and his assumption as president even more impossible to attain.

If you support Tinubu then you can easily kill someone, you just haven't yet been handed a gun.

"Only a criminal aide, criminal admirer, or aspiring criminals will support criminality meted out to others by criminals." ~ Danisaint

You are free to quote me anywhere.

Difrent:


I prefer to be a Tinubu anyday anytime than ekuke....

In Psquare voice " give us Soludo or Umahi we will vote "
No be only una fit decide who a whole tribe puts out for leadership.

You are free to quote me anywhere

Danisaint112:


A proud Supporter of a known global criminal has spoken. I salute ignorance sir.

Between this is the real meaning of Ekuke

Difrent:


LIAR
It means indigenous native Dog.... a.k.a. LOCAL DOG

Danisaint112:


Yes ofcourse. The type most people buy just so they brag of owning a dog.

Peter Obi is also our indigenous native Lion which your Ekuke can't stand. Or isn't Obi giving your Ekuke a run for his money (Lion moves) 🦁 😂

Difrent:


DOG
stop misquoting me

Danisaint112:
As it stands the Job of defending the agbado loving and drug Lord candidate is the hardest Job you can do right now on planet Earth.

I feel for Tinubu Supporters. His past and present life is making his Supporters look more stupid and heartless for supporting him and his assumption as president even more impossible to attain.

If you support Tinubu then you can easily kill someone, you just haven't yet been handed a gun.

"Only a criminal aide, criminal admirer, or aspiring criminals will support criminality meted out to others by criminals." ~ Danisaint

You are free to quote me anywhere.

Came4amod:


These are the sets of people AI will take thier jobs in coming years .. because logical critical thinking far from you people

Danisaint112:


I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU , TINUBU IS OUR NEXT PRESIDENT. OBI SHOULD TRY AGAIN IN 2027

Newton2024:
Tinubu is a disgrace to yoruba race. He is the worst of us. A country that has Chimamanda Adichie, Okwonjo-Iweala, Akinwumi Adesina, etc. shouldn't have a Kleptomaniac drug baron like Tinubu in politics let alone becoming president.

MikoB:
Alll the noise about Tinubu will surely go down by the the time he is sworn in on my may 29,i don't know why most people now, don't think uprightly any longer, it was obvious Tinubu was going to win, immediately pdp got divided with Obi and kwankwaso leaving also there was a G5 faction as well, those of you hating Tinubu better start planning for another election with real strategy not all these propangada and defamation of name, I am not a fan of Tinubu but I don't hate him either, but from the beginning I realised there were only two ways to stop Tinubu and they were 1)God and the 2)was Buhari but Buhari decided to look other way during the primary...

MrAgbako:



Leave them noisy ipob miscreants


They will wake up late again. They always wake up late for 7am work.

princepeter566:
E really pain this one. Do u know a drug lord is equivalent to a terrorist? That is to say your lord agbadu Master is the shekau of our time

MrAgbako:

Okay a "drug lord" will rule come may 29th then