Surprisingly, high-ranking members of Mr Tinubu’s campaign team have kept mum about the tweet.
UberFacts, a reliable facts-promoting platform tweeted about Nigeria’s President-elect Bola Tinubu’s court case with U.S. authorities.
This case had him forfeit $460,000 gains reportedly gotten from cocaine deals to the American government in 1993.
“In 1993, Bola Ahmed Tinubu surrendered $460,000 to the US government after a Chicago court found the income came from heroin trafficking,” UberFacts shared on Monday.
In 1993, Bola Ahmed Tinubu surrendered $460,000 to the US government after a Chicago court found the income came from heroin trafficking pic.twitter.com/aRzrTXJtl4
— UberFacts (@UberFacts) April 9, 2023
Also, the platform attached an article from Peoples Gazette, detailing Mr Tinubu’s run-in with the foreign authorities.
The tweet quickly jumped up to the number one Twitter trend.
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Surprisingly, high-ranking members of Mr Tinubu’s campaign team have kept mum about the tweet.
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Tinubu’s campaign members, including Bayo Onanuga, Festus Keyamo, Femi Fani-Kayode, and Dele Alake, who are quick to react to such issues are yet to comment.
However, other supporters of the president-elect are attempting to ridicule and discredit UberFacts.
“@uberfacts is actually @uberlies,” tweeted @KemPatriot, an APC loyalist. “If you have ever relied on @UberFacts for facts, it’s time to unfollow them, they are a pay per post organisation, who post lies for the (sic) highest bidder”.
If you have ever relied on @UberFacts for facts ,it's time to unfollow them,they are a pay per post organisation, who post lies for th highest bidder.
Attached is a letter from the USA to the then IGP : Tafa Balogun ,stating that their records show no criminal activities… pic.twitter.com/T3RrLxpLwW
— KemKem (Hajia Rahma) (@KemPatriot) April 10, 2023
Despite the certified true copies of his money forfeiture circulating online, Mr Tinubu insists he has no criminal record.
