₦airaland Forum

Roger3D:
From what I gather about this whole Tinubu drug saga is that he wasn't actually involved in the drug running himself, but he most likely helped the drug dealers launder their funds using his personal accounts. That makes him a drug lord but since there was no formal conviction from a court of law, Peter Obi's case against him is dead on arrival.

No formal conviction
If he was not convicted of the crimes, why did he forfeited his $460,000😅😂🤣😜😆🤪

Why is Dieziane forfeiting properties to Nigerian government 😅😂🤣😜😆🤪

Draslo:
Fake news or should I say a wrongful interpretation of a certain piece of news is more dangerous than all the combined nuclear war heads on the planet.


It is public information that Bola Ahmed Tinubu graduated from a college and then a university both in Chicago with the penultimate being Chicago State University in 1979 with a BSc in Accounting. By 1983, he joined Mobil Oil Nigeria, abi? This means that 4 years after he graduated from university, right? So was it during those 4 years that he became a drug baron? There are actual companies he worked during those 4 years. An accounting firm Authur Anderson, GTE, a very popular telephone company and Deloitte which some has presence in Nigeria. Deloitte also offers financial and accounting services. Now, this was all before he returned to Nigeria. This means Tinubu has only worked in the corporate world before joining politics.

If you truly believe Tinubu trafficked heroin, then why wasn't he jailed? Is it common practice for drug traffickers to forfeit money to the government and go scot free, if you forfeit your proceeds, you will only get reduced jail time and even that is not sure. Isn't it possible the reason Tinubu is involved in that case because he was employed to handle money, proceeds from drug trafficking. This is a crime almost no accountant is innocent for. Accountants cannot deny this. That's why there are tax havens and secret banking laws around the world because the whole banking industry worldwide is corrupt. This was what Tinubu appeared in court for. Mind you, this court case must have been for crimes committed during when he worked for one of the American financial firms. This is obviously from one of their clients because where else do Cartels get their offshore accounts?

Tinubu being called a drug baron started when he joined Nigerian politics and because of political banter from opposition politicians dished out fake news of Bola Ahmed Tinubu being a drug baron controlling an imaginary drug cartel whilst still being consulted in the corporate world and building a political standing for himself.

What seemed like harmless political banter has undergone metamorphosis into full brown fake news. Fake news that people truly believe. It is sad really. Fake news might end the world not nuclear warheads.

Can you work with a company and save your money and the a court seized it. A whopping $460,000 forfeiture and you let it go without hireling lawyers to reclaim the money 😅😂🤣😜😆🤪

Let me ask you another question, former minister of petroleum Dieziane has forfeited several billions in assets and liquidity. Tomorrow you will say he did not commit any crime, government just seized her money 😅😂🤣😜😆🤪

Madmohamed123:
Yoruba don't want igbo in Legos but they want them to come to Yoruba church

This is a scam you want out tiyt
The major contributor of Yoruba church is igbo

Dady I'm sorry to say this igbo is going back home

They want igbos to buy land, build houses rent shops and offices, pay tithes in their mega churches but yet they see igbos as enemies 🤪😆😜🤣😂😅

Raskimonojendor:
And the Queen tribalist herself. She would not have written any letter if Peter Obi was Hausa/Fulani/Kanuri/Edo/Itsekiri/Yoruba e.t.c

Write a letter to Biden if e sure for you😅😂🤣😜🤪😆😆🤪🤪

😅😂🤣😆🤣😂😅😆🤪😜

Raskimonojendor:
You will see how we will deal with them. Unlike you people that are running away from Alaigbo and become refugees in the SW

It now appears flogging your Ezes is not just enough. The woke Yorubas have emboldened you terrorists 🤣🤣🤣

Have you deal with the ones using your people for suya in Ogun state 🤣😂😅😆🤣😂😅

https://www.nairaland.com/7640506/fulani-herdsmen-attacked-friends-father/16#122313402

Raskimonojendor:
They have always had guns. They don't need a police rifle. It's IPOBs that snatches police rifle. Their handiwork all over this killing.

So all the Yorubas cheast beating on nairaland can't protect ordinary Lagos🤣😂😅😆🤣😂😅😆

Same way, they allowed their Lagos Oba to ran out of his palace without pants 😆😅😂🤣

Raskimonojendor:
Lagos state needs to wake up and completely reject this nonsense.

Are you scared, where is Mcoluomo and his thugs. Deploy them to protect Lagos😆😅🤣😂😆😅😂😂🤣

Raskimonojendor:
IPOB things.

Your Yoruba land grabbers have started killing police in Lagos to snatch their gun😆😅🤣😂

Where is Mcoluomo and his thugs to protect Nigerian Police 😂🤣😅😆

Christistruth03:
Dem no born IPOB well to near Lagos

Lol, but you keep crying that Kanu ordered the burning of Lagos 😆😅😂🤣🤣😂

Peacemaker5128:
This boy will definitely become ipob terrorist when he grow up because of bad experience he passed through

All your generations will all become Boko Haram and kidnappers when they grow up. Amen

Ballmer:
What does paltry looting of ₦250 million monthly for 8 years amount to before the police that as been watching him caught in red handed.

Do you have lawyers, forward your findings to them let them press charges. Abi no Tinubu and APC don't have Lawyers again 😂🤣

notobiafrababe:
This is directly from FBI. Stop dishing out fake information

This rubbish FAKE letter is not from FBI, stop posting false information. The entire world knows Tinubu is a cocaine trafficker. If Tinubu is clean he should assemble his lawyers and start pressing charges on those platforms reporting the case including the foreign media.

But I know he will NEVER do that🤣😂

APCNig:
The money has finished

The one Tinubu gave to your prophet Muhammad

yarimo:
The same Christian association of Nigeria CAN that is good in collecting bribe from OBI

Is that how your prophet muhammed was collecting bribe from Tinubu

muhammaduyusufu:
Fact-Check: Did US Court Convict Tinubu over Drug Dealings?
By Prnigeria -November 17, 2022

Tinubu has long been accused of being a drug lord in the United States

Fact-Check: Did US Court Convict Tinubu over Drug Dealings?

Claim:
Both social and traditional media were recently awash with claims that a 53-page certified document released by a US court indicated that the presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress, APC, Bola Ahmed Tinubu was a drug lord convicted in the US.

Full-Text: The post of the claimer reads: “US Court Releases Certified True Copy Of Judgment For The Forfeiture of $460,000 Belonging To Bola Ahmed Tinubu For Narcotics Trafficking And Money Laundering.

“It is no longer news that on October 4, 1993, Bola Ahmed Tinubu forfeited $460,000 to the United States Government for his involvement in narcotics trafficking and financial transactions in violation of the U.S laws. This 59-page attested court judgment confirms this.

“In the cause of the investigations, representatives from Mobil Oil were interviewed regarding Tinubu’s employment status. The representatives confirmed that Tinubu was indeed employed by Mobil Oil Nigeria Ltd as a Treasurer.

“This position, however, does not involve the transfer of large amounts of money between banking institutions. Mobil Oil representatives stated that under no circumstances 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.

“Consequently, the U.S Court ordered that the funds in the amount of $460,000 in the name of Bola Tinubu in account 263226700 held by First Heritage Bank represent proceeds of narcotics trafficking and was involved in financial transactions in violation of U.S laws.

“The Court also ordered that First Heritage Bank shall issue a $460,000 cheque payable to Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and be forfeited to the United States Government.”

Verification: In a letter dated February 4th 2003 which emanated from the US Consulate in Lagos, addressed to the then Inspector General of Police, Tafa Balogun with reference SR.3000/IGPSEC/ABJ/VOL.24/287 and obtained by PRNigeria, the United States clarified that a record check on then Governor Bola Ahmed Tinubu returned negative for any criminal arrest records, wants, or warrants for Mr Tinubu “(DOB 29 March 1952).”

It further clarified that its check was based on the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)’s National Crime Information Center (NCIC) – a centralised information center that maintains the records of every criminal arrest and conviction within the United States and its territories.

PRNigeria fact-check, therefore, queried the database of the FBI’s NCIC, and results returned negative on the search terms.

However, recent reports from the PeoplesGazette, Moneycentral, and ICIR Nigeria among other credible media outlets revealed that the US has released a certified copy of the alleged Tinubu’s drug dealing and money laundering.

Part of the report reads, “latest certified copies of the court case, obtained on August 10, showed Mr Tinubu and two others named K.O. Tinubu and Alhaji Mogati were involved in banking proceeds of illicit drugs and money laundering with Heritage Bank and Citibank.”

The document upon which the report was based and was even shown on National TV was said to have been released by the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois however, there was no direct attribution to the source who released the document from the said court.

PRNigeria, therefore, visited the official website of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois and went to the “Federal Record Lookup page” of the website, entered the “location”, “year,” “case type,” and “case no,” as seen and reflected on the alleged document but there was no document of such nature associated with the said court according to findings from its official website.

PRNigeria’s further investigations to independently verify if Mr Tinubu actually entered a plea bargain in 1993 which made him forfeit the sum of $460,000 led it to reach out to the clerk who attested to the release of the true copy on 10th August 2022.

Substantiation by US Court Official

PRNigeria tracked and contacted Johny Khuu, one of the signatories on the Court’s document with necessary enquiries on the matter.

Mr Khuu after checking the court records confirmed the existence of the document.

“After reviewing our records, I have indeed certified and attested those case files. Kind Regards,” Mr Khuu said.

When asked further why the document was not accessible from the federal record lookup, he replied as follows.

“The federal record lookup is for seeking the location information of the physical documents for the case. In most cases, where the age of the case is before 1999, the case documents are most likely within the records of the Federal Records Center (FRC) and National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).

“For members of the public to view case documents digitally, they must access them through the Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) system. Please note that many old case documents are in the process of being digitized, so should the documents be inaccessible in PACER, that is when the federal case lookup would be of use as the location information can be used by the FRC and NARA to determine whether it is within their records or within the records of another court,” Khuu concluded.

However, further investigations by PRNigeria revealed that the Judge assigned to the case as far back as 1993, Judge John Albert Nordberg had died on 12th March 2021.

Tinubu’s Response

Meanwhile, Mr Tinubu’s spokespersons have admitted to such forfeiture in 1993.

The spokesman of the APC presidential campaign, Bayo Onanuga said that the forfeiture arose out of an investigation by FBI agent Kevin Moss of Tinubu and Compass Investment and Finance accounts at First Heritage Bank and Citi- Bank in the U.S.

He further narrated as follows, “On January 10, 1992, Mr Kevin Moss requested and obtained a court order to freeze the accounts.

“On January 13, 1992, Mr Moss telephoned Tinubu in Nigeria to justify the amounts in the accounts, running into $1.4 million. Part of the money was said to have been deposited by two Nigerians, being investigated for drug offences.

“After the telephone conversation, Tinubu instructed his lawyer in the US to file a lawsuit against the order freezing his accounts.

“This dragged on till 15 September 1993, when an agreement was reached for an out-of-court settlement. Judge John A Nordberg, of the US district court for the Northern District of Illinois, read out the agreement reached by the two parties. Part of the funds, $460,000 was seized by the government.”

Legal Interpretation

Speaking to PRNigeria on the development, an Abuja based criminal litigation lawyer, Bar. Fatihu AbdulRaheem said the case is more of an indictment than a conviction.

Citing the case of Umana vs. Attah (2004), the court held that an indictment is not evidence that an offence has been committed. “Technically speaking, an indictment is merely a charge or information. It is only when it is accepted by the court that the prosecution will be called upon to prove its case beyond reasonable doubt.

“Conviction has been simply defined by the court in Mohammed V Olawunmi (1990) as a finding of guilt and a sentence

“Therefore, under our criminal jurisprudence, conviction and indictment are distinguishable both in substance and nomenclature.

“Even in the United State when a person is indicted, it only means they will be given formal notice that they are believed to have committed a crime and therefrom, an explanation will be required by way of defense,” the lawyer concluded.

Conclusion: Investigations by PRNigeria on Mr Tinubu’s case in the United States did not involve criminal arrest and conviction based on facts from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)’s National Crime Information Center (NCIC) however the released court documents are VALID.

The case is a possible indictment from the accusations and allegations and not a conviction where one is found guilty and sentenced by a court of competent jurisdiction

PRNigeria, therefore, concludes that while it is TRUE that Mr Tinubu forfeited the sum of $460,000 according to attested court records, the claim that he was convicted of criminal charges is FALSE.

By PRNigeria

https://prnigeria.com/2022/11/17/fact-check-tinubu/

Why will Tinubu forfeit $460,000 he worked so hard for without hireling lawyers to reclaim the money 😂🤣😂🤣

Christistruth03:
That was how you were Praising Ojukwu until he dumped 3 Million Precious Souls into his Garbage can

at a time when the entire Population of Benin Republic was less than 2 Million

Can you remind me of the entire population of Benin Republic in 2023 and also remind me the population of igbos in 2023. I want to confirm something

niceface:
Update: Refund of N21k has now been received after 6 months. Quite unfortunate.

So definitely he is not a scammer, because a scammer would have blocked you and would NEVER refund.

ArewaNorth:
The Federal Government is poised to enhance mental health in the South East with the establishment of 15 outposts in the five states of the zone.

Medical Director of the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Enugu, Monday Igwe, disclosed this at a press briefing shortly after he resumed office following his re-appointment by President Muhammadu Buhari for a second term of four years.

He explained the outposts would be located in each of the senatorial districts, noting that the essence was to make access to mental health services easier for the people of the zone.

He disclosed nine out of the 15 proposed outposts had been completed and equipped and would be operational soonest with ambulances readily available to convey patients to Enugu in major cases.

Igwe said: “This hospital is the only psychiatric facility in the entire South East region. It is also the only facility that is made to train doctors and nurses in psychiatry. It is also the only facility that offers research in terms of mental health in the South East. It is also our mandate to give clinical services to people that have mental illnesses.

“The hospital also is available for the people of South South and some parts of North Central region of the country. So, if we don’t do well, we will be leaving Nigerians to suffer. That’s why we want to make this place to be the best and centre of excellence in mental health practice.

“There are a number of ways to actualise this. Since many people live very far away from Enugu State, we want to make sure our 15 newly built outposts in South East are operational.

“We have ensured each of the 15 senatorial districts in the South East has one outpost. We have successfully completed and equipped nine of the outposts while the rest are still ongoing.

“Those ones we have completed are going to be activated. We are going to post our staff there.”

The medical director received a rousing welcome from staff of the hospital, where he thanked the president for finding him worthy of another tenure in office.

Igwe took over a fractured health institution four years ago and has made efforts to restore the lost glory of the hospital.

https://sunnewsonline.com/fg-to-build-15-psychiatric-outposts-in-south-east/

Buhari said this in 2015 and 2019 and he did nothing. Build it , we will convert them to hospitals.

Winneepye:
They should chase him back before he starts a religious war.

Between someone running on Christian-Muslim ticket and the one running Muslim-muslim ticket who is starting a religious war among the two

You guys think from the anus.

Mankindman:
Go and ask Chimaamanda.
I guess you are deeply delusion.
Just wait for the son of Osewa to do the needful.
To the best of my knowledge, children of hate are anti-democratic wailers that are calling 📞 for an ING.
All the children of perdition who vowed that the president elect would never be sworn in
The children of hate are those that curses the Yorubas at the peak of their vain wailing
The children of hate are those that fought a war with Nigerian nation in vain
The children of hate are those that have NARCOTIC engraved in their ancestral DNA
Children of hate are those that wanted to take over Lagos
The children of hate are those that wanted to bring a banned group to defend their NARCOTIC funded business in Lagos
Children of hate are those that call our president elect a drug baron
Children of hate are those migrants that always abused and cursed the Yorubas on Nairaland.
Children of hate are those wailing wailers
Children of hates are those who lost the 2023 presidential election and came distance on the list
Children of hate are those forsaken and rejected children that destroyed their Nigerian passport in vain.

Mods do the needful, this is provocative ethnic slurs and is glaringly to the blind. Why allow such on this platform. Is the op paying to be allowed here to continue dishing out hate


seun
dominique
mukina2
Lalasticlala
Mynd44

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Mankindman:
No tears in the eyes of the children of Oduduwa, the enemies shall bow down on 29th May 2023 says the Lord of host.
He has given us victory over the children of hate. They laboured in vain, Wailling in vain, wrote a fiction to Biden in vain, Insulted our emeritus Professor in vain, despite standing for them during the war they fought in vain. They called the president elect all the dirtiest names in the World, still, Jehovah gave him victory. This is a confirmation that contempsy does not remove sweetness from honey, white ants may try, they cannot devour a rock.
Now, they are calling the son of Osewa to ban me for airing my view on Nairaland.
Noone has called for the serpent of Adiche to be banned for ridiculing a whole nation.
Anyway, Jehovah has given us victory over the children of hate who vowed that a Yoruba man can never ruled over them. The irony of these children of hate that have crime engraved in their genetic codes is that noone peddle narcotics more than them in the Whole World, still yet they are busy calling the Nigeria president elect a drug baron. I pray that Jehovah forgive them, for they knew not what they were saying .
As e dey pepper them, e dey sweet us.

Mods can you all interpret who the children of hate been referred here means because I personally see it as a tribal slur against the igbos and shouldn't be allowed to flourish.

seun
dominique
mukina2
Lalasticlala
Mynd44

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Frank688915:
No need to advise him, all i know is internet never forget, let him keep ass licking the children of hate because of his selfish interest.

seun
dominique
mukina2
Lalasticlala
Mynd44

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2. Don't abuse, bully, deliberately insult/provoke, fight, or wish harm to Nairaland members OR THEIR TRIBES.

Mankindman:
I have no doubt that you employed your Igbo people to attack us and expect us to be reading all the dirtiest post against the Yorubas. It will not stand. I will also report you to the son of Osewa.

I have been banned several times here, so am never afraid of a ban. If I break a rule, I expect a ban. Here you have broken the tribal slur rules and seun must take action immediately.