Presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress, Bola Ahmed Tinubu has accused media organisations of assassinating his character over an alleged drug trafficking case previously treated in the United States.
In a statement on Saturday, the Director, Media and Publicity, APC Presidential Campaign Council, Bayo Onanuga, said a suit would be filed over the case “sooner than later.”
He accused media organisations of being paid by the presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and Labour Party, LP, Abubakar Atiku and Peter Obi, respectively to spread fake news against Tinubu.
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He said;
“All those people, including Arise TV, BusinessDay and Channels tv spreading fake news and assassinating the character of Asiwaju Tinubu will meet us in court sooner than later.
“You have all thrown professionalism and objectivity to Jabi Lake because you are playing the script of your master puppeteers, Atiku and Peter Obi. The height of your shenanigans today was the wide use of a fake INEC statement.”
Recall that some documents had circulated in the public space detailing a forfeiture of money via the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois purported to be linked to alleged drug trafficking by Tinubu.
The documents however did not show that Tinubu was put on trial or that he had dealings with drug trafficking rings.
The documents also showed that the case was concluded about 30 years ago
According to the report, the issue led to the former Lagos state governor forfeiting $460,000 in one of the 10 accounts linked to him.
Tinubu’s campaign also said the forfeiture was for taxes not paid on income accruing to the ruling party’s candidate.
Onanuga’s statement comes on the heels of the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) denial of investigating a criminal case against Tinubu.
