₦airaland Forum

Penguin2:
So because Okocha, Kanu, Amokachi, etc, have retired from football, then whatever they say about football is not true?🤔

Retired is different from disrobe. Go look it up in the dictionary.

Gucciblog:
Festus Kenyamo and co have been arguing that a forfeiture does not imply that a crime was committed.

They've always maintained that BAT's forfeiture isn't linked to any criminal conviction.

Let the legal fireworks begin already!!

Is it only crime you saw there? Or you just selected the one you want to hear?

He did not site the case? Disgraced SAN. He is even dressed as a lawyer? Was he not disrobed?

All these threads are not necessary. The election is over and there is a president elect. Allow Obidients to continue to fool themselves.

Like how Obidients are stalking the judiciary now?

ruffhandu:
Sweet my belle, they are going down one by one. by the time he will return to Nigeria (if he doesn't get a life sentence) it's possible Obi would have fnished his tenures, there may not be a Nigeria, his kinsmen would have fought over his properties, the Nigerian govenrment would have seized more of his properties, his money launderers would have chopulated the monies only known to both of them, his concubines would have been taken over by other of his kinds, 'small boys' in politics today will become 'big' to him, Life would have thoroughly happened to him.

i wish Nigeria will get to the stage of having no untouchable, I just wish. Such will even be hard for Obi to achieve. The demons roaming Nigeria and well fed.

You are a very bitter person. See what you are wishing this man just because he spoke against Peter Obi. You will never see good thing in your life.

ruffhandu:
Sweet my belle, they are going down one by one. by the time he will return to Nigeria (if he doesn't get a life sentence) it's possible Obi would have fnished his tenures, there may not be a Nigeria, his kinsmen would have fought over his properties, the Nigerian govenrment would have seized more of his properties, his money launderers would have chopulated the monies only known to both of them, his concubines would have been taken over by other of his kinds, 'small boys' in politics today will become 'big' to him, Life would have thoroughly happened to him.

i wish Nigeria will get to the stage of having no untouchable, I just wish. Such will even be hard for Obi to achieve. The demons roaming Nigeria and well fed.

Go take malaria tablets

colorsofrainbow:
When u were saying go to court go to court after bribing the judges,u thought it would be that easy?

Maybe Obi is intimating the CIA too

CIA? Have your fake news reached there?

colorsofrainbow:
Go to court, go to court don calm down

Obidients keep harassing everybody and you them to keep quiet so you can continue to propagate your falsehoods without any challenge. You have gone to court, why all the propaganda? Allow the court to decide as well.

colorsofrainbow:
Go to court,go to court don calm down

You have gone to court. Why are you intimidating the court and everybody? Do you want them to keep quiet so you can have a field day?

Is this not airport?

Massiveglory:
Kaduna going to apc is still one of the shock of the 2023 elections.

Hopefully will not be another elrufai who has directly and indirectly caused more pains than joy to kd people.

Congrats to sani uba.
I won't be suprised if the PDP should contest this in court.

Hahaha. My greatest joy is Obidients did not see chance to mock El Rufai.

But they supported this naira swap before the election. Why the sudden change now? Nigeria self.

A party that will be seeking after election reconciliation of members to rebuild is still busy wielding the big stick. They will indeed survive.

Fayose gave it to that Mr. Know all.

I don't understand. Atiku is accusing Tinubu that he did not get 25 per cent in Abuja and ought not to be declared a winner. The same Atiku wants to be declared a winner. My question is did he get 25 per cent in Abuja?

kozmokaz:
Do you know just one testimony from the DEA nullifies Tinubu candidacy ?

You are indeed a kid

VEXT:
Shut up pls...

Abi u don take werin tinubu dey take

He is saying the truth

LeoDeKing:
Well, the daughter is innocent, therefore, may she rest in peace.

But I'm just imagining if this were to happen to one of Tinubu's team members.

Ipob pigs would have been saying something like, "even the gods are against defending evil". Are we now to assume the gods are against pandora fraud?
What you will be reading here hmmmm

Ordinary apc member died, ipob pigs were doing thanksgiving. Infact, they are even praying for Tinubu to die, but the ways of gods are different.

All the same, may her soul find peaceful rest.

What you would have been reading here hmmm

kcnwaigbo:
Was he fined? If yes he is ineligible to be president

Akuko onye dara ada

Massiveglory:
Bro try rest with these epistles from pm.
The case is not on nairaland, it is in the court.
Take it court . Go to court.

Is PR news same as PM news?

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

Civil Judicial Forfeiture An in rem (against the property) court proceeding brought against property that was derived from or used to commit an offense, rather than against a person who committed an offense. Unlike criminal forfeiture, there is no criminal conviction required, although the government is still required to prove in court that the property was linked to criminal activity. The proceeding allows the court to gather anyone with an interest in the property in the same case and resolve all the issues with the property at one time. In a civil forfeiture case, the government is the plaintiff, the property is the defendant, and any person who claims an interest in the property is a claimant. Civil forfeiture allows the government to file cases against property that would not be reachable through criminal forfeiture, such as property of criminals located outside the United States, including terrorists, and fugitives. Civil forfeiture also permits recovery of assets held by deceased defendants or where no defendant can be identified.

This will trend for Obidients for some time until they lose and go to another thing to masturbate again.

Sunnyski:
This is fake. Shame on the OP.

You said 5 yet you posted 4.

Shame on you!

Obi' files his petition with the following grounds and prayers:
GROUNDS AND PRAYERS OF THE PETITION

In the petition, Obi through his lawyer Livy Ozoukwu submitted that Tinubu “at the time of the (presidential) election was not qualified to contest the election”.

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He further argued that the president-elect “was not duly elected by a majority of the lawful votes cast at the time of the election”.

Consequently, the petitioners are asking the tribunal to determine that all the votes recorded for Tinubu in the election “are wasted votes, owing to the non-qualification” of the president-elect and Shettima.

“That it be determined that the 2nd respondent ( Tinubu) having failed to score one-quarter of the votes cast at the presidential election in the federal capital territory, Abuja was not entitled to be declared and returned as the winner of the presidential election held on 25 February 2023,” the petitioner said.

Also, the petitioners have asked the tribunal to make “an order cancelling the election and compelling the 1st respondent (INEC) to conduct a fresh election at which the 2nd respondent (Tinubu), 3rd respondent (Shettima) and 4th respondent (APC) shall not participate”.
https://www.thecable.ng/obi-files-petition-challenging-tinubus-victory-demands-fresh-election/amp

JetStar:
OP I thought the title says 5 prayers where is the fifth one?

Obi' files his petition with the following grounds and prayers:
GROUNDS AND PRAYERS OF THE PETITION

In the petition, Obi through his lawyer Livy Ozoukwu submitted that Tinubu “at the time of the (presidential) election was not qualified to contest the election”.

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He further argued that the president-elect “was not duly elected by a majority of the lawful votes cast at the time of the election”.

Consequently, the petitioners are asking the tribunal to determine that all the votes recorded for Tinubu in the election “are wasted votes, owing to the non-qualification” of the president-elect and Shettima.

“That it be determined that the 2nd respondent ( Tinubu) having failed to score one-quarter of the votes cast at the presidential election in the federal capital territory, Abuja was not entitled to be declared and returned as the winner of the presidential election held on 25 February 2023,” the petitioner said.

Also, the petitioners have asked the tribunal to make “an order cancelling the election and compelling the 1st respondent (INEC) to conduct a fresh election at which the 2nd respondent (Tinubu), 3rd respondent (Shettima) and 4th respondent (APC) shall not participate”.
https://www.thecable.ng/obi-files-petition-challenging-tinubus-victory-demands-fresh-election/amp

ugaby:
Fake news. The caption said 5 prayers and they mentioned only 4

Obi' files his petition with the following grounds and prayers:
GROUNDS AND PRAYERS OF THE PETITION

In the petition, Obi through his lawyer Livy Ozoukwu submitted that Tinubu “at the time of the (presidential) election was not qualified to contest the election”.

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He further argued that the president-elect “was not duly elected by a majority of the lawful votes cast at the time of the election”.

Consequently, the petitioners are asking the tribunal to determine that all the votes recorded for Tinubu in the election “are wasted votes, owing to the non-qualification” of the president-elect and Shettima.

“That it be determined that the 2nd respondent ( Tinubu) having failed to score one-quarter of the votes cast at the presidential election in the federal capital territory, Abuja was not entitled to be declared and returned as the winner of the presidential election held on 25 February 2023,” the petitioner said.

Also, the petitioners have asked the tribunal to make “an order cancelling the election and compelling the 1st respondent (INEC) to conduct a fresh election at which the 2nd respondent (Tinubu), 3rd respondent (Shettima) and 4th respondent (APC) shall not participate”.
https://www.thecable.ng/obi-files-petition-challenging-tinubus-victory-demands-fresh-election/amp

Skiming247:
5 prayers, but what we can see here is 4prayers. alots are hidden in this report

Obi' files his petition with the following grounds and prayers:
GROUNDS AND PRAYERS OF THE PETITION

In the petition, Obi through his lawyer Livy Ozoukwu submitted that Tinubu “at the time of the (presidential) election was not qualified to contest the election”.

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He further argued that the president-elect “was not duly elected by a majority of the lawful votes cast at the time of the election”.

Consequently, the petitioners are asking the tribunal to determine that all the votes recorded for Tinubu in the election “are wasted votes, owing to the non-qualification” of the president-elect and Shettima.

“That it be determined that the 2nd respondent ( Tinubu) having failed to score one-quarter of the votes cast at the presidential election in the federal capital territory, Abuja was not entitled to be declared and returned as the winner of the presidential election held on 25 February 2023,” the petitioner said.

Also, the petitioners have asked the tribunal to make “an order cancelling the election and compelling the 1st respondent (INEC) to conduct a fresh election at which the 2nd respondent (Tinubu), 3rd respondent (Shettima) and 4th respondent (APC) shall not participate”.
https://www.thecable.ng/obi-files-petition-challenging-tinubus-victory-demands-fresh-election/amp

Masterito:
That's the 5th prayer the mischievous OP didn't post. OP said 5 prayers but posted 4.

Obi' files his petition with the following grounds and prayers:
GROUNDS AND PRAYERS OF THE PETITION

In the petition, Obi through his lawyer Livy Ozoukwu submitted that Tinubu “at the time of the (presidential) election was not qualified to contest the election”.

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He further argued that the president-elect “was not duly elected by a majority of the lawful votes cast at the time of the election”.

Consequently, the petitioners are asking the tribunal to determine that all the votes recorded for Tinubu in the election “are wasted votes, owing to the non-qualification” of the president-elect and Shettima.

“That it be determined that the 2nd respondent ( Tinubu) having failed to score one-quarter of the votes cast at the presidential election in the federal capital territory, Abuja was not entitled to be declared and returned as the winner of the presidential election held on 25 February 2023,” the petitioner said.

Also, the petitioners have asked the tribunal to make “an order cancelling the election and compelling the 1st respondent (INEC) to conduct a fresh election at which the 2nd respondent (Tinubu), 3rd respondent (Shettima) and 4th respondent (APC) shall not participate”.
https://www.thecable.ng/obi-files-petition-challenging-tinubus-victory-demands-fresh-election/amp

tungamaje:
Please explain what the lead counsel meant when he said
“was not duly elected by majority of the lawful votes cast at the time of the election.”
Is it not here he will provide evidence the presumed winner didn't actually win? Let's wait and see the outcome of the petition

Because he was not qualified to contest according to Obi