Tinubu breaks silence on drug dealing, money laundering allegations

The media team of Bola Tinubu has reacted to the reported release of indicting documents on the APC presidential candidate, alleging that the former governor of Lagos state was involved in drug dealings and money laundering in the United States of America.

The documents were said to have been released by the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois which allegedly indicted Tinubu in drug dealings and money laundering in Chicago.

The documents which went viral on Tuesday evening, revealed details on Tinubu’s alleged indictment in drug deals and receipt of illegal money while in the U.S.

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The 56-page document released showed the long-held view that Tinubu faced conviction on narcotics charges in the US especially with the revelation that he forfeited up to $460,000 to the U.S. authorities in 1993.

However, reacting to the issue in a chat with reporters on Tuesday night, the Director of Media and Publicity of the APC Presidential Campaign Council, Bayo Onanuga, denied the reports that his principal was involved in drug dealings and money laundering.

Onanuga asserted that the story which first surfaced before the APC presidential election is fake and blamed the media for recycling such propaganda.

He said: “It’s dead as dodo (roasted plantain) wondering why you journalists will continue to do the story.

“It resurfaced before the primary (presidential) and now again. It is nothing new. It’s dead. It’s as dead as a dodo.”