The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for president, Bola Tinubu, has been the target of an internet petition demanding for a criminal investigation into his alleged narcotics transactions in the US.
According to Advertafrica.net, the petition was started late on Tuesday, July 19, 2022 by Ade Lani, a Nigerian.
In a petition on change.org, Lani demanded that Tinubu’s alleged drug dealings in the US be investigated criminally. Lani argued that this would give Nigerians a better understanding of their possible president’s character and background.
He added that the assessment would enable Nigerians to choose the appropriate candidate to take the helm of the nation and lead it into the future.
This news site quickly checked the petition, and as of Wednesday, July 20, 8:20 am, it had received 8,808 signatures.
The petition was launched in response to a recent West Africa Weekly article linking the former governor of Lagos State to a Chicago narcotics operation in advance of his presidential ambitions.
After Tinubu made his way to Chicago in 1975 and declared himself to be in exile, it became simple to follow his history.
After moving to Chicago, the former governor first spent two years at Richard J. Daley College earning an associate’s degree.
He then continued on to Chicago State University to pursue a degree in accounting, earning his bachelor’s in 1979.
In an interview with The News, Tinubu asserted that he was hired by Deloitte & Touche and that his efforts on a single onsite engagement at the Saudi government-owned oil company earned him a $850,000 incentive.
However, according to West Africa Weekly, a document that was seized from the Northern District of Illinois Eastern Division of the US District Court supposedly contained damaging evidence regarding Tinubu.
The document includes a thorough federal indictment and related case files from July 1993 that provide conclusive proof that Tinubu was allegedly involved in using heroin trafficking revenues to fund a Nigerian narcotics ring in Chicago.
