Following the circulation of a U.S. court judgement’s indictment of Bola Tinubu for drug trafficking, Bayo Onanuga, the spokesman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign, on Wednesday criticised his principal’s “traducers”.
POLITICS NIGERIA reports that Tinubu, a former governor of Lagos State, is one of the frontline candidates for the 2023 election.
Certified true copies of the 70-year-old’s drug dealing and money laundering case in Chicago, USA, surfaced on the internet on Tuesday.
It is alleged that the presidential hopeful is a drug lord who accepted a plea bargain, in which he voluntarily agreed to forfeit his assets to American authorities in 1993, rather than go to trial.
Reacting to the allegation, Onanuga, Tinubu’s spokesman, chided critics, who he said resumed their “campaign of calumny”. He issued the counterargument via his known Facebook page.
“The Tinubu traducers on Tuesday returned to their usual campaign of calumny, this time waking up the carcass of a drug allegation in America that was buried in 1993,” Onanuga wrote.
“Long after the campaign failed in 2003, it resurfaced weeks to the primary election of the All Progressives Congress. The opponents thought it was lethal enough to make the APC disqualify Tinubu from the race.
“It failed spectacularly and Tinubu went on to win the primary with a landslide.
“The muckrakers are back again with the same story, dressed as ‘certified true copy’ from the U.S. Court.
“It is as dead as a dodo.”
Bayo Onanuga, you shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free. No one expected Tinubu not to pass the APC primaries test, it is an in-house thing and this is Nigeria. God willing, we shall meet Tinubu and his APC at the polls in February, 2023.
You may continue to shield him from attending Nigerian town hall-designated meetings, where this and other salient questions will be asked of your principal, preferring instead to organize, fix the kind of audience that asks no questions for him to address. He may run but he cannot hide.
Don’t tell us about the re-newed APC lies they call manifesto. We know they are like the previous promises that have been deliberately left unfulfilled. The next elections must be more about integrity, sincerity, a sound mind and a strong physique and less of promises scrolled on pieces of paper. No amount of spin will divert our attention this time.
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The argument in defense of Tinubu isn’t at all an argument. It fights shy of the issue, failing palpably to address it. The issue is whether what was published on the internet is truly the court’s judgment and whether the narrative carrying it is true. Shikina!
Nigeria, everyone agrees, needs redemption But it’s far too rotten (and from head to toe) for a crook — a drug lord and money launderer — to be the one to salvage it.
Criminals should steer clear of 2023 election. A lot need to be addressed in Nigeria now otherwise wicked politicians will continue the wastage and rottenness in the country.
Apt.
Tinunbu can not be merely indicted by a whole US court and his cronies who are enemies of this country will wave it off. Are you sure he has no hand in the death of Dele Giwa? EFCC and NAFDAC knew all these and still allowed a Mafia and Baron to be governor and now want to be President. Our leaders are wicked. We say no to drug barons as leaders.Very soon our so-called leaders will sweep this under carpet and find him not guilty by bribery.
God wants to redeem Nigeria but some people who feel that they are benefitting and may still benefit from drug money of the dirtiest-ever Nigerian presidential candidate will not see it. I trust my God, He will surprise Nigerians. It will be like a dream and our redemption MUST is guaranteed in 2023. Just like the Israelites redemption, those who may wish to stand on the way will be destroyed by the Almighty.
Criminal Boss
And His
Criminal Boys
Yes it is dead as a dodo indeed as it can only be dead as a dodo here in Nigeria
In America nobody gives a pleasure bargain for a drug baron. Persecution is non negotiable. Stealing, fraud etc get plea bargains but not drugs. Escobar for plead as well
Let’s tinubu defend him self this defense need an acuse person not spoke person by the way according to u it really happen that time right so u can only take the man out of the village u can’t take it take the village out of him a flaudster and a drug lord can’t b deleted
Once a crook, always a crook.
If you people do a little more investigation on this matter with a clean and unbaised mind and if you have read the letter fron USA Dss, you would have known that Tinubu have no case to answer.
A greedy criminal has no place in the next leadership platform.
Bath a pig, clothe a pig, wear a pig perfume, take a pig to Buckingham Palace, a pig will always look for the refuse bin.
Why all this nonsense, anytime when election is at corner,we will hear a different stories
It is only in dead country like Nina that such facts can die just like that. In the past, even some individuals under incaserations and under criminal investigation have worn Senate seat! Only in Nijà.
You are just dressing the issue be rather than addressing it. Tinubu must come clean on this particular one. An alleged drug Lord dealer can not in any way become a president of our country.
Thank our God, the issue has resurface again. The reason is because God don’t want us to make mistake coming 2023 election. Voting the wrong person into office. If Tinubu is innocent time will tell.
Nahwa,you people just finding any fault to disqualify the right man sah,God will punish you all for the fake new that you are spreading every day and night
Abah,leave this man alone nah,he snatch yours wife?
What ever it’s we’II not vote u