A spokesman for the Atiku/PDP presidential campaign, Daniel Bwala on Thursday said Bola Ahmed Tinubu may be disqualified from contesting the 2023 presidential elections over his connection to a drug trafficking case in the United States.
Bwala made the comment during his appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today.
“I’m afraid that the conclusion of this case is that, from the eyes of the law, Bola may be disqualified from contesting if the matter goes to court,” Bwala said.
“Narcotics and money laundering, whether in Nigeria or the United States, is a criminal offence.”
Bwala was commenting on the controversy surrounding a document recently released by the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. The document contained evidence of Tinubu’s alleged involvement in narcotics and money laundering about 30 years ago.
The matter ended in a settlement which led to Tinubu’s forfeiture of $460,000 in one of the accounts linked to the former governor of Lagos State.
Bwala however argued that the issue at stake was a matter of character.
“For the Nigerian people, the source of the money is important, but there is still a cloud around drug related offences and drug related activity with somebody who wants to be the number one citizen of the country,” he said.
“Recently, there was a massive busting of cocaine in Nigeria. This idea of drugs and narcotics is a terrible case all over the world.
“And if someone has that questionable character and is elected as a President, what it means is that it will embolden people who are into those activities. That’s why the person has to come out clean.”
He is free from any form of Drug dealing case in God Holy name.
the Pharmacist Director of Rohi pharmaceuticals Ltd Onitsha town will set you free from any case of Drug dealing issue. The PCN licence is to deliver persons from this act of drug dealing case(maybe hard drug) or it is mere tablet pararectamol
This country Nigeria is rotten, full with supposed leaders who are either thieves or people with serious questions to answer. Tufiakwa
This is the handiwork of Atiku. If he was actually involved in drug dealing he would be jailed without option of fine.
That he forfeited money means it’s another issue, may be tax not drug dealing
Like you said , drug dealing is criminal offense.Do you fine an armed robber that has been found guilty of robbery?
Forfeiture of an asset of any type as a consequence of a court order is an indictment! We should check our our constitution interprets this for those seeking public office.
Na una wan disqualify am? Una go just dey cap rubbish.
We don’t want drug lord as president
Know Nigeria politicaln is clean vote bat
We don’t want drug lord as president
This is terrible to let go in this era of new government come 2023!
And who is that person!
Bola Ahmed Tinubu is a fraudstar he should be disqualified accordingly. A drug baron should not be our president.
We need a leader that we would live as one’s another and never betray each other,what that truly means is;we would follow hin when and where ever he want lead us what that truly means sharing our love and joices and never betray each other
We don’t need a drug dealer to be our president