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Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, who is supporting President Bola Tinubu in the ongoing dispute over the presidential election, acknowledged that the $460,000 that the Nigerian leader surrendered to the United States originated from involvement in narcotics business and money laundering.

Mr. Bamidele, a politician from Ekiti and a close associate of Mr. Tinubu, testified against Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the opposition Labour Party, at the election petitions tribunal in Abuja. During cross-examination by Mr. Obi's lawyers, Mr. Bamidele admitted that Mr. Tinubu had indeed forfeited more than $460,000 earned through illegal drug activities. This forfeiture case took place in the United States during the 1990s when Mr. Tinubu resided in Chicago. Despite this being a prominent issue leading up to the presidential election on February 25, the politician had refrained from addressing the matter for several years.

Livy Uzoukwu, a senior lawyer representing Mr. Obi, inquired whether Mr. Bamidele was aware of the connection between the forfeiture and narcotics dealing, to which he responded affirmatively. He also acknowledged his understanding that money laundering was involved in Mr. Tinubu's case before the final forfeiture.

Mr. Bamidele, who recently assumed the position of majority leader in the Nigerian Senate, appears to be the most prominent associate of Mr. Tinubu to confirm the forfeiture and the involvement of narcotics in the background of the former Lagos governor. Mr. Tinubu was inaugurated as Nigeria's president on May 29, following his controversial declaration as the winner of the February presidential election by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.....

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If and only if,the court will judge rightly.

darling4242:
If and only if,the court will judge rightly.

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That's true, after all this is Nigeria

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Aregbesola and Osinbajo tried to tell the drug mule to back off that Buhari has all the intels of his past. That it won't be cool for him to hand over to someone like him. Asiwaju no listen. Now, how can him go to conferences with other leaders...... Trust me, the treatment they gave him France last time should be an eye opener for him. EU don drop their own. Chop chop FFK no know wetin dey sup, by the time they pressure Guinean president to withdraw that diplomatic passport wey he dey take enter Europe through France, he okpolo eye go clear!

Bigkoko:
Aregbesola and Osinbajo tried to tell the drug mule to back off that Buhari has all the intels of his past. That it won't be cool for him to hand over to someone like him. Asiwaju no listen. Now, how can him go to conferences with other leaders...... Trust me, the treatment they gave him France last time should be an eye opener for him. EU don drop their own. Chop chop FFK no know wetin dey sup, by the time they pressure Guinean president to withdraw that diplomatic passport wey he dey take enter Europe through France, he okpolo eye go clear!

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