The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) has declared that President Bola Tinubu can not be disqualified from the presidential election due to his alleged forfeiture of drug money in the United States.
The verdict was declared on Wednesday, September 6, by Justice Haruna Tsammani-led a five-member panel of the PEPT.
The court held that Tinubu had earlier been cleared by the Nigeria Police Force of any criminal issues in the US, which came through an inquiry the police had made to US law enforcement.
It further disclosed the president has been able to enter and exit the US, and that suggests he has no criminal case.↳
Tsammani said the judgment of the US District in Northern Illinois which ordered the forfeiture of Tinubu’s $460,000 in a drugs-related case was in civil proceedings in which Tinubu was not a party.
