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How Presidency Cabal Caged Osinbajo, Tunde Fowler Through EFCC Probes, Plans To Bury Tinubu’s 2023 Ambition - Sahara Reporters

A Presidency cabal has succeeded in caging Vice President Yemi Osinbajo through the probe of a former Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, Tunde Fowler – both of whom are godsons to former Lagos State Governor and National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu.

SaharaReporters gathered that the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister for Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN) is central to the caging of the Vice President, Osinbajo; the former FIRS chairman’s probe by the Economic and Financial Crimes and Commission, and the investigation recently initiated against Tinubu.

Malami, it was learnt, is eyeing the 2023 presidency.

SaharaReporters learnt that the probe of Tinubu is to force the APC leader to abandon his 2023 presidential ambition for the “candidate anointed” by President Muhammadu Buhari.

Fowler’s probe began in November 2020, when he was arrested by the EFCC over alleged massive fraud in the FIRS.

Top sources in the presidency revealed that the cabal would intensify the probe of Tinubu to force him to abandon the presidential race before the end of 2021.

SaharaReporters had reported on March 1 that Malami’s bid for the Presidency would rely heavily on funds from the EFCC under the new chairmanship, Abdulrasheed Bawa, who was positioned to “deal with” political enemies ahead of 2023.

Sources however said revelations made by Fowler during his interrogation, which linked Tinubu to alleged fraudulent activities and Alpha Beta Consulting, gave the people after him the kind of information they needed to perfect their plans.

Alpha Beta Consulting was awarded a contract by the Tinubu-led government after a recommendation by a committee comprising Prof Osinbajo, while he was the attorney-general of Lagos State; Mr Wale Edun, the then state commissioner for finance; and a former commissioner for economic planning and budget, Yemi Cardoso.

The firm was subsequently given exclusive rights to collect taxes on behalf of Lagos State and was believed to receive about 10 percent commission from the revenue it collected for the state.

“Tinubu’s case came from revelations from Fowler. Fowler was originally arrested over an attempt by the cabal to cage Osinbajo completely. There were allegations that Osinbajo did some deals with Fowler. Fowler started revealing how money was being shipped to Tinubu and Alpha Beta.

“While shaking up Fowler, he confessed that he took from the Federal Inland Revenue Service N12 billion for himself," a top source privy to the investigation told SaharaReporters.

A petition submitted to the EFCC in July 2018 by Dapo Apara, the former Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Alpha Beta, had alleged that Alpha Beta owed the Nigerian government N100 billion in unpaid taxes spanning over 10 years.

He alleged that the firm was being protected by powerful politicians and that it laundered funds through another firm, Ocean Trust Limited.

The petition by Apara’s lawyer, Adetunji Adegboyega, read in part, “Over the years, the company (Alpha Beta) has been protected and shielded by some powerful politicians and people in the society which made them to always boast of being untouchable."

Alpha Beta is allegedly owned by Tinubu.

The source said, "Of course, Apara’s petition also sealed Tinubu’s fate. They want Tinubu to abandon the presidency before the end of 2021.

“Malami’s house in Gwarimpa has become a Mecca for politicians. They want to get Tinubu out of the way."

The EFCC was reported earlier this week to have written to the Code of Conduct Bureau requesting copies of Tinubu’s Asset Declaration form.

A copy of the request letter had revealed that the investigation into Tinubu began last year after the removal of erstwhile Chairman, Ibrahim Magu.

The letter marked CR/3000/EFCC/LS/Vol4/322, dated November 6, 2020, had been signed by the then Lagos zonal head, Abdulrasheed Bawa, who is now the Chairman of the EFCC.

“In view of the above, you are kindly requested to furnish the commission with the outstanding requested information of Bola Ahmed Adekunle Tinubu. This request is made pursuant to Section 38(1) and (2) of the EFCC Act 2004,” the letter partly read.

SaharaReporters had on February 24 reported that Tinubu indeed has court cases around massive frauds hanging on his neck.

One of them was uncovered in 2018 when Alpa Beta was caught at the centre of N100 billion fraud, tax evasion, and money laundering, based on the petition written by Apara.

Also according to Apara’s petition to the EFCC, Alpha Beta “has become an avenue for official corruption of government officials, a conduit pipe for a massive money-laundering scheme, tax evasion, among other vices.”

In the petition, sent on his behalf by Adetunji Adegboyega ESG, his solicitors, Apara had said, “Over the years the company is being protected and shielded by some powerful politicians and people in the society which made them to always boast of being untouchable, but our client, feeling the need not to keep quiet again and strengthened by his belief in the fact that the government of President Muhammadu Buhari is keen on fighting corruption, which has been the bane of our country, is of the firm belief that it’s time to expose and open the can of worms called Alphabeta Consulting.”

Alpha Beta first became known when it was appointed as a consultant to the Lagos State Government, arguably its first client, under the tenure of Babatunde Fowler as the Chief Executive Officer/Executive Chairman of the Lagos State Board of Internal Revenue from 2005 to 2014.

The company had got the appointment when Tinubu was Governor of Lagos State. The speculation, which has yet to be dissipated since then, is that Tinubu completely owns or is a major shareholder in the company.

In the same vein, the state has also never denied claims that the company takes about 10 percent of the internally generated revenue of Lagos, estimated in 2016 to be about N40 billion every month.

The court process was still on when on October 27, 2020, hoodlums burnt relevant documents during the riotous violence that followed the peaceful #EndSARS protest in the state.

The court papers donating charges brought against Tinubu, his tax consultancy firm, Alpha Beta Consulting, by the former MD of the firm, Apara, were burnt according to claims by Tade Ipadeola, Apara’s lawyer.

“Everything in Igbosere High Court got burnt, including the registrar’s copy of our application. In fact, the whole building was burnt to ashes. So, we will have to file again. The registry has been moved to Ikeja.

“We may have to file the case afresh at the Ikeja High Court but we have not yet been instructed to do so,” he had said on October 27, 2020.

Apara had claimed in the documents that Tinubu, suspiciously diverted N22,360,000,000 and $4,396,063 from the firm’s account to that of Vintage Press Ltd, publisher of The Nation Newspaper.

https://saharareporters.com/2021/03/04/how-presidency-cabal-caged-osinbajo-tunde-fowler-through-efcc-probes-plans-bury-tinubu%E2%80%99s

Sahara reporters are mischievous

Ok I will not say anything first

Malami, it was learnt, is eyeing the 2023 presidency.

How true is this?

The political intrudges continues.The systematic crippling of the political willpower of other members of the legacy parties started since after winning 2015 but many of the unfortunate power players therein never saw it coming.

The hausa-fulani truly knows how to cover their own corruption while dusting others who dont belong.Just imagine the publicity this Tinubu case have generated comparable to the AGF Malami-Abubakar Bagudu(Kebbi governor) in the case of the repatriated Abacha loot with the US or the intrigues surrounding the Abdulrasheed Maina pension fund scandal.

So, It was extremely fool hardy of the Bullion vans man to completely let down his guards to engage in that depicable act forgetting that even the late MKO Abiola who supported the IBB/Abacha military coups with hope of reap the windfall of such dangerous adventure ended up in a tragic end.Now the cabal have come out openly to inflict the maximum damage.

Ok

What is cabal? Caged Osinbajo? How? Osinbajo remain the most actionable VP we ever had, so who are the cabals that caged him, caged him & his executing a N2.3trn worth of project entrusted to him by his boss. Sahara desert have started with their fake news again.

Sahara Reporter desert is just a falsehood peddler,we don't take the fakenews outfit serious anymore

Osinbajo has NOTHING to do with whatever it is...they just put his name on it mischievously

All what's happening to tinibu presidency ambition is just a karma.

Damnnn niggarrrr
Isoright...
Not surprised
Them turn osibanjo to mere house boy in aso rock

Malami and his political witch hunt

Presidency again?

What i know is that there are many notherners on this forum pretending to be yorubas and many of my igbo brothers are falling for them.

strange

This Sahara reporters is a controlled opposition.

Wasn't this same sahara reporters that leaked documents about tinubu ownership of alpha beta.

What are they posting now....

Yoruba media have a way to confuse and deceive you with different overload of information

MALAMI will one day ruin Bubu

Nothing will come out of the probe, go and write it down. This present efcc chairman will perform less. He needs to channel his energy to the corruption going and the files on the table. Tinubu left power 2007 and he was probed by the then opposition and he was not find wanting.

APC stupid party

Na their problem be that

SaharaReporters fake news merchants.

......

VP Osinbajo hands are clean, where all this evil lies and manipulation is coming from

Time will tell

The cabal could only have been since Arewa soldiers proliferated 12 states and many political constituencies in Arewa north.

A presidential candidate must win 25% of votes in 24 states.

The cabal thus has ample advantages to largely determine who becomes president of Nigeria.

No country ever used land mass as criterion to proliferate too many states in an area with larger land mass than others, except Nigeria.

Bola Tinubu was among the earliest southern politicians who understood the fraud of Nigeria’s 36 states political structure overwhelmingly favoring Arewa, and for more than 10 years campaigned for political restructuring of Nigeria democratically, not the political structure created by soldiers of Arewa.

Alas in 2014, only he could understand why he took the political course he took.


Restructure Nigeria politically before the 2023 presidential election.

Tinubu has been quiet off late!

Apara had claimed in the documents that Tinubu, suspiciously diverted N22,360,000,000 and $4,396,063 from the firm’s account to that of Vintage Press Ltd, publisher of The Nation Newspaper.

If this is true, then Tinubu is the Naira Marley!

he that comes to equity, must come with clean hands.

Please my people, say Tinubu go die if him no rule this country? What's all this noise about Tinubu and 2023? The stupid man no even care about his people wey Hausa/Fulanis dey slaughter like chicken for some times now, Yoruba people should wake up and kick that drug baron to where he belongs.