The spokesperson for the Tinubu-Shettima Presidential Campaign Council, Festus Keyamo (SAN) has said the report linking the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu to a drug trafficking and money laundering case in the United States is politically motivated.
According to the Senior Advocate of Nigeria, who spoke via his verified Twitter account on Wednesday, the attempt by the opposition to indict the APC presidential flagbearer is due to frustration.
He rubbished the report which has been making rounds on the Nigerian social media space since yesterday.
Keyamo said those making the claims were chasing a lost battle.
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“Sign of frustration: They are seeking to wake a horse long dead and buried and for which a media house publicly apologised in 2016 when they tried to use the story”, he said.
Recall that an old judgment document resurfaced in the media on Tuesday, alleging that the United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois, indicted Tinubu of drug trafficking and money laundering.
In July this year, David Hundeyin had in an article titled, “Bola Ahmed Tinubu: From Drug Lord To Presidential Candidate”, espoused a similar allegation. Also, in the twilight of the 2015 elections, the same allegation surfaced in the media.
Meanwhile, the allegation has continued to generate mixed reactions from Nigerians on social media.
@’Fisayo Soyombo, an investigative journalist tweeted, “The ignominy that a Bola Tinubu presidency will land Nigeria will be unprecedented.
“Imagine being lost in Democracy or Independence Day celebrations, & a US court suddenly releases fresh evidence of your president’s past dealings.”
@Ahmed Salami said, “A document dated October 9th, 1993 is what a journalist in Nigeria tagged as a fresh ‘leaked document’. Don’t forget; no mainstream had posted this baseless paper because those who tried it before were begging for an out-of-court settlement.”