Essential Ndubuisi
The Special Assistant on Public Communication to Atiku Abubakar, Mr. Phrank Shaibu, has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, of attempting to rewrite history regarding the $460,000 drug money forfeiture. Shaibu dismissed the APC’s claim that the forfeiture was related to tax evasion as a futile attempt to rewrite history.
Shaibu stated that after “the lies told by Tinubu and his surrogates,” the truth has finally been uncovered through the processes filed by the APC at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal. He added that Justice John Nordberg had ordered on October 4, 1993, that the funds held in First Heritage Bank in the name of Bola Tinubu represented the proceeds of narcotics trafficking or were involved in financial transactions in violation of 18 U.S. 1956 and 1957.
Shaibu alleged that Tinubu was investigated in relation to heroin trafficking and had millions of dollars in his account while on a monthly salary of $2,500. He also accused Festus Keyamo, the lawyer representing Tinubu, of lacking an understanding of the legal proceedings and failing as a prosecutor with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Shaibu implored US authorities to furnish the Nigerian judiciary with all information relating to the trial and verdict of the US investigation of Tinubu over drug dealings and his forfeiture of the sum of $460,000. He also warned that a Tinubu presidency would represent a setback in the fight against narcotics given his antecedents and his open admission that he lived with known drug kingpins.
