The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential campaign
council has asked law enforcement agencies to arrest and prosecute Bola Tinubu,
standard-bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC) over alleged corruption.
Daniel Bwala, spokesperson of the PDP campaign, made the
demand at a press conference on Sunday in Abuja.
Bwala said the demand was based on drug proceeds allegedly
forfeited by Tinubu in the US and other corruption allegations against him.
“On the eve of the presidential elections in Lagos, two
cash-laden bullion vans were seen on his premises located at 26 Bourdillon
Street, Ikoyi which was ostensibly for vote buying,” he said
“When journalists
asked him about the bullion vans, Tinubu again responded by saying that it was
his money and he was free to spend it whichever way he liked. Tinubu said:
‘Even if I have money to spend in my premises, what is your headache?’
“A group of forthright activists including Ariyo Dare-Atoye
and Deji Adeyanju wrote a petition to the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC) on October 25, 2019, calling for the investigation and
prosecution of Tinubu for breaching the Money Laundering Act after publicly
admitting to sharing millions of naira on the eve of elections.
“In fairness to the EFCC, its current chairman, Abdulrasheed
Bawa, while he was the head of the Lagos office of the EFCC, wrote a letter to
the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB). In the letter marked
CR/3000/EFCC/LS/Vol4/322, dated November 6, 2020, Bawa requested Tinubu’s asset
declaration forms.
“Since Tinubu emerged
as the presidential candidate of the APC, the EFCC has kept mum on the issue
while Ariyo who wrote the petition has unfortunately died. We, hereby, call on
the EFCC to provide an update on this matter.
“Besides, Tinubu had in 2011 been charged before the same
Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) over allegations that he illegally operated 10
foreign accounts during his term in office as Lagos state governor between 1999
and 2007 but was discharged based on a technicality.
“Danladi Umar, the chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal
admitted on March 24, 2016, in the case of FRN vs Bukola Saraki that he
discharged Tinubu in error. ‘On the discharge of the former Lagos state
governor by the tribunal some years ago simply because the CCB failed to
fulfill the condition precedent, we have since realised that we acted in error
in discharging Mr Tinubu on that ground and we have since departed from that
error,’ Umar said.
“It is therefore important for both the CCB and the EFCC to
revisit the case since Tinubu was never acquitted.”
Bwala added that Tinubu does not enjoy immunity while
calling on the EFCC, NDLEA, police, attorney-general and Department of State
Services (DSS) to arrest and prosecute him.
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