₦airaland Forum

Charisco:
In Akwaibom State, Uyo POS operators charge #1,000 for #100.
#10,000 for #1,000.
Some people are selfish...

Come again?

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Righteousness2:
What has befallen yul is quite unfortunate but he brought it in himself.

I remember the revelation I got about his family more than a year ago.
Yul used his own hands to open the door of his family to evil.
My advise to yul is make genuie peace with your wife may. Send the cucubine back to her father's house.
Lead your family to JESUS Christ and redicate yourselves to HIM.

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Rubbish

StOla:
You underestimated the depth of hatred they have for Yorubas.

For other regions of Nigeria, actually.

valentineuwakwe:
I was expecting inec to keep mute in all of these and allow the judiciary do their job.....
This whole statement will seems they have bee n compromised!

You are NAIVE if you are not aware that INEC was joined in all of their petitions. As such, INEC is expected to defend itself and respond to the petitions.

divinehand2003:
INEC says Abuja has no special status. This means the much discussed 25% in Abuja does not mean anything.

The constitution has actually affirmed that Abuja has no special status.

If it had, we would have questioned the sanity of those who wrote the constitution.

Burruchaga71:
We never voted for Tinubu and can not be our leader.

He can be president of Oduduwa republic

Or you and those you refer to as "we" can cease being part of Nigeria.

The last time I checked, BAT was voted for by NW, NE, NC, SW and even a good part of SS.

He didn't need the votes of the other zone.

Everlastingson:
Their laws are different now. You've found another excuse. You're praying for eternity so that you can perfect your fraud. God go still disgrace una.

Your Yes Daddy has not brought up a SINGLE PROOF he won the election. Not one. Na by shouting "I was rigged"?

Firstorderwizard:
Now I understand the consistent attacks on OBi and LP.
If you have legal eyes, you will see that both APC and INEC are seeking for technicalities in this case simply because they have no evidence to counter OBI's petition.

OBi played a fast one on them by making noise about BVAS, they prepared their defense on BVAS in collusion with INEC only for PO to hit them below the belt



The game plan is
Hijack LP and install stooges that will withdraw the case
Push for technicalities instead of defending the petition (cos no evidence for defense)
Instigate a riot or civil disturbance to scatter the whole tribunal thing

So Tinubu is a drug Lord true true , they couldn't defend the allegation nawaoo

Tell us facts or figures that Yes Daddy has brought forth to support his claim he won the election first.

Massiveglory:
If this really came from yakubu INEC, it is a seal that the presidential election was rigged and sold to tinubu.
It is a seal that INEC was compromised.

PODATTI court prayers dazed a serious blow to many.
It was skilfully and intelligently packaged to test the process that produced Tinubu,test INEC and the judiciary.

We are in for a jolly good ride that will correct many things in our nation and launch the new Nigeria.

Same emotional outburst that has caused you guys failure upon failure

Point out a sensible claim in Yes Daddy's submission with evidence. All his allegations are vague and not backed by any data/figure.

Yes Daddy is a monumental failure.

Everlastingson:
Stop lying. An election petition
can and should be concluded within 3 weeks. Ask Kenya you lying hypocrite

Their laws aren't same as ours.

Make una dey use una free brain naa

Pandora aka Yes Daddy and the Dubai man have no case.

So, this pained loser is also a card carrying member of PDP Lite and PDP Pro

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

Reading this is worse than the original sad news.

kcnwaigbo:
Continue laughing until your drug Daddy is disqualified

And Yes Daddy will be president

Arapmoi22:
Kindly go back to what you wrote earlier as quoted and show exactly where you stated that you were referring to period between election and swearing-in date.
I think that is a communication lapse.

It's you that need to take that advice.

If someone says election tribunal should decide the petition before May 29th, me replying that it's not possible to achieve in three months (Feb to May) or in a month and half (from now till May 29 which is the swearing-in date), I do not see how that response is wrong.

seanfer:
You’re the one arguing wrongly, you can’t count when the election was held. You start counting the 180 days from the day the petition was filed. Tribunal will be done in September then the losing party will file appeal at the Supreme Court within 14 days, the 60 days will start counting when the appeal is filed at the Supreme Court.
unfortunately for you and your likes Tinubu will be president from May till December when the Supreme Court will deliver judgement

Wow, so says the Chief Judge of Supreme Court

kcnwaigbo:
But he paid fine abi?. That one alone is enough to disqualify him

Arapmoi22:
Uncle, can we use Coca-Cola bottles cork cover to count these numbers?

How's 180 days equal to 3 months.

60 secs = 1 min
60 mins = 1 hour
24 hours = 1 day
7 days = 1 week
4 weeks = 1month.

7×4 = 28 days
28 days = 1 month.
Note that some months are 30 or 31 days.

Averagely, if we take a month to be 30 days, 180/30=6.

Therefore, 180days = 6months.
QED.

Common sense should tell you that the three months I put there is in reference to the period between the election and the swearing-in date. That's Feb to May.

NothingDoMe:
And the capital? Tinubu got 25% in FCT?

I don't believe this crap is from the USA. Sounds more like Tinubu media write up. Even people who watched NTA knew that TInubu did not get 25% in FCT.

Common sense should tell anyone, including toddlers, that no reason to make getting 25% in Abuja a compulsion. Of course, except you are insinuating that people there are more Nigeria than the rest of us. If that were to be the case, we can as well ask Abuja residents to decide our president for us while the rest of us refrain from taking part in the presidential election.

MasterJayJay:
They are running helter and skelter.

Tinubu is a DRUG DADDY. Your only point here is that he was not convicted. It didn't rule out his involvement in drug trafficking.

You even made it worst by posting this. This is my first time of knowing that Tinubu and his wife had a joint account with a drug dealer's wife.


US Internal Revenue Service, Nigerian politician, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, had a connection to two suspected drug
kingpins in Chicago. Moss claimed that Tinubu shared a home address with one of the kingpins, Adegboyega
Mueez Akande, and that Tinubu’s wife, Oluremi Tinubu, had a joint account with Akande’s wife, Audrey.


“According to bank records, Bola Tinubu also opened a joint checking account in his name and the name of
his wife, Oluremi Tinubu, Oluremi Tinubu previously opened a joint bank account also at this bank with Audrey Akande, the wife of Adegboyega Mueez Akande,” he said.

So Tinubu's wife was an accomplice too? Seems it is drug family business.


If they are innocent, why did they allow 460,000 dollars to be seized? Why didn't they sue US government?

Go and prove your case in court.

RamseyKush:
That's if he even get sworn in sef

You guys said more than this before the election naa.

And we are already here.

OKOATA:
You know the truth but want to lie to yourself, as long as the court case isn't concluded there will be an interim. A druglord won't rule Nigeria.

Interim? Una be kids abeg. Go put the interim naa

alsudan:
[/s]The pain is real for Kamaru my Yoruba Muslim friend.

Polish a druggie all you like, he’s still an escoBAT.

A Drug Baron will never rule Nigeria, not even for a second.[/s]

When he is sworn in, go and remove him and put Pet Obi there.

CondenseMilk:
APC said that PO should go to court. Now that PO is in court you want the judge to dismiss the case?


Never!

Is asking for a case to be dismissed not part of the legal process?

Na wa for Obidients oooo.

jchioma:
Apc is trying to rely on technicalities in the face of raw facts and evidence of massive rigging and irregularities? Kolewerk!

And it's not on technicalities that Obi hangs his hope of snatching BAT's mandate on?

Anyone with some ability to reason will easily come to terms with the fact that Obi and his co-travelers have NO CASE in this matter.

BAT was never tried, never convicted, and never indicted. No records of that, at least.

Next?

On Monday morning, the Nigerian social media and internet were abuzz following a post by Uber Facts, a facts-promoting platform.

The social media update was related to the legal battles of Bola Tinubu, the country’s president-elect, with the U.S. authorities. POLITICS NIGERIA learnt Tinubu reportedly forfeited $460,000 gains from cocaine deals to the American government in 1993.

This revelation, which came as no surprise to many, has been a hot topic in the Nigerian political scene for some time.

The issue of Tinubu’s alleged involvement in the cocaine trade has become a recurring topic of conversation, with the opposition expressing their displeasure at the negative attention it has brought to the country.

To this end, POLITICS NIGERIA presents a comprehensive breakdown of the case made in the United States that has been causing a stir across Nigeria.

The case got many people’s attention in late 2022, as the 2023 presidential election drew closer. This was when analysts began to investigate the backgrounds of the major candidates, including Tinubu, a candidate and the eventual victor in the election.

During the campaigns, a certified copy of the decades-old case resurfaced, bringing the issue to national attention.

According to the documents, on January 10, 1992, Magistrate Judge Rosemond of the Northern District of Illinois ordered the seizure of funds from 10 bank accounts belonging to Tinubu. The U.S. government suspected that these accounts were connected to drug-related activities.

The accounts in question were opened at First Heritage Bank and Citi Bank in Chicago during the late 1980s to early 1990s.

“On January 10, 1992, applications for seizure warrants were presented to Magistrate Judge Rosemond of the Northern District of Illinois. After considering the applications and the attached affidavits, Magistrate Judge Rosemond issued seizure warrants for accounts at First Heritage Bank and Citibank in the name of Bola Tinubu. The amount Of money seized from these accounts exceeded 1.4 million dollars,” it read.

According to an affidavit filed by Kevin Moss, a special agent with the US Internal Revenue Service, Nigerian politician, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, had a connection to two suspected drug kingpins in Chicago. Moss claimed that Tinubu shared a home address with one of the kingpins, Adegboyega Mueez Akande, and that Tinubu’s wife, Oluremi Tinubu, had a joint account with Akande’s wife, Audrey.

Moss also raised concerns about the amount of money flowing into Tinubu’s account, compared to his income as a staff member of Mobil.

“According to bank records, Bola Tinubu also opened a joint checking account in his name and the name of his wife, Oluremi Tinubu, Oluremi Tinubu previously opened a joint bank account also at this bank with Audrey Akande, the wife of Adegboyega Mueez Akande,” he said.

“According to records from Citibank International, there were two additional corporate accounts held in the name of Compass Finance and Investment Company, Ltd. which were controlled by Bola Tinubu.

“The bank records from these accounts in the international division disclosed that when Bola Tinubu opened these accounts at Citibank, International, he provided certain corporate documents from Compass Finance and Investment Company Ltd. including documents identified as a memorandum of association and articles of association. Both corporate documents identified Mueez Adegboyega Akande and Abiodun Olasuyi Abele as directors of Compass Finance and Investment Company, Limited.

“Representatives from Mobil Oil were interviewed regarding Tinubu’s employment status. The representatives confirmed that Tinubu was 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,” he stated.

However, as it turned out, the US government later settled with Tinubu and his associates, including KO Tinubu and Alhaji Mogati, in August 1993. As part of the settlement, the government agreed to release some of the funds, but $460,000 was to be forfeited.

“The parties agree that the funds held by Citibank shall be released to K.O. Tinubu and the action filed against these funds held in the accounts by Citibank shall be dismissed with prejudice.

“The parties further agree that $460,000 from the defendant account held by Heritage Bank in the name of Bola Tinubu shall be forfeited by the United States and disposed of according to law. The funds remaining in the account shall be released to K. O. Tinubu,” a part of the terms of the agreement read.

Reports on alleged association with Chicago drug kingpins began in 2003

The controversy surrounding Tinubu’s alleged links to drug kingpins in Chicago first emerged in 2003, when he was campaigning for re-election as governor of Lagos State. However, the matter was seemingly put to rest by a letter from the US consulate to the then Inspector General of Police, Tafa Balogun.

The letter, dated February 4, 2003, and signed by the Legal Attache to the US consulate, Michael Bonner, stated that Tinubu had no criminal record of indictment or prosecution.

Bonner clarified that Tinubu was never charged with any drug offence, the case did not go to trial, he was never convicted, and he was never barred from entering the US.

It stated: “The FBI never charged Tinubu with any drug offence; the case did not go on trial. Tinubu was never convicted. And he was never barred from entering the US.”

“In relation to your letter dated February 3, 2003, reference number SR. 3000/IGPSEC/ABJ/VOL. 24/287, regarding Governor Bola Ahmed Tinubu, a record check of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) National Crime Information Center (NCIC) was conducted.

“The results of the checks were negative for any criminal arrest records, wants, or warrants for Bola Ahmed Tinubu (DOB 29 March, 1952). For information of your department, NCIC is a centralized information centre that maintains the records of every criminal arrest and conviction within the United States and its territories,” it reads in part.

A “mere tax payment” — Tinubu’s spokesman had defended

The spokesperson for the APC presidential campaign council, Festus Keyamo, however, put a different spin on allegations of links and forfeiture involving his party’s then-presidential candidate.

During an appearance on Channels TV in November 2022, the Senior Advocate of Nigeria claimed that the $460,000 in question was actually a tax charged on funds held in banks.

However, this claim is not supported by the court documents, which do not refer to the forfeited sum being a tax.

“An indictment is different from conviction”

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has used the allegations of cocaine links and forfeiture to challenge Tinubu’s victory in court. The outcome of this legal challenge is still uncertain.

However, an Abuja-based criminal litigation lawyer, Bar. Fatihu AbdulRaheem, in 2022 had suggested that the case is more of an indictment than a conviction, meaning that Obi’s prayers for Tinubu’s sacking may not be granted in court.

AbdulRaheem cited the case of Umana vs. Attah (2004), in which the court ruled that an indictment is not evidence of an offence having been committed.

He said: “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 defence.”

It is worth concluding that Tinubu, who is a prominent Nigerian politician has not been convicted of any crimes related to this case or any other case involving drug trafficking, as of the moment this publication was made.

https://politicsnigeria.com/all-you-need-to-know-about-tinubus-alleged-460k-forfeiture-over-cocaine-links/

kcnwaigbo:
Oga the law should was amended to make sure electoral cases are concluded within 180 days.

So, as the law has not been amended for such, it has to be done in this case?

And in reality, it is not possible to conclude election matters in three months after the election. IMPOSSIBLE!

Penguin2:
Lol

Finally they have come with their watery defense.

Now, let the trials begin.

Meanwhile, I join well meaning Nigerians to call for expedited hearing of the case. We should have a ruling before May 25th at the latest.

We can’t let Tinubu to be sworn in and hope that he’d let the courts be impartial.

We, sane Nigerians, say NO to a drug lord as our president.

Only criminals, thieves, idiots and vagabonds would want a drug lord as their president.

At the minimum, one would expect some of you to be reasonable and discerning.

A primary school kid should know that it is impossible to conclude an election petition case in three months let alone in a month and half.

Tinubu is our president for the next 4 years at the minimum.