The social media space was set ablaze following the release of certified copies of the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu’s drug trafficking and money laundering case in Chicago, by a United States District Court in the Northern District of Illinois.
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In the judgement which was documented on July 26, 1993, and certified by the clerk of the court, Thomas O. Burton, Bola Tinubu was indicted for heroin trafficking in the state of Illinois through a proxy organization owned by one Adegboyega Mueez Akande.
However, Bola Tinubu subsequently forfeited the proceeds of the crime, over $460,000 to the U.S. government for being proceeds gotten through illegal means. The money was alleged to held by First Heritage Bank and Citibank in trust for Tinubu.
In the 59-page attested court judgment, Michael J. Shepard, the attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, said in 1993 that the court has jurisdiction over the case brought to it by special agent Kevin Moss.
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The latest certified copies of the court case, obtained on August 10, showed Tinubu and two others named K.O. Tinubu and Alhaji Mogati were involved in banking proceeds of illicit drugs and money laundering with Heritage Bank and Citibank.
Though Tinubu has not commented on the narcotics case, he told the Independent and National Electoral Commission (INEC) in his application to stand for the presidential election that he had no prior criminal convictions.
See released copies of case below…
