APC leader Femi Fani-Kayode on Wednesday refuted accusations that Bola Tinubu, the party’s presidential candidate, had been charged with and found guilty of trafficking drugs in the US.
Those who claim that Tinubu was convicted of drug trafficking in the US 30 years ago are uninformed, according to Fani-Kayode.
On Tuesday, a court order from years ago allegedly indicted Tinubu for narcotics trafficking and money laundering by the United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois.
In response, Fani-Kayode claimed that if the US Ambassador to Nigeria had been wanted in the US, he would not have visited Tinubu.
The former Aviation Minister claimed in a series of tweets that Tinubu wouldn’t have avoided extradition if he had been found guilty of narcotics trafficking in the US.
The former minister of aviation was adamant that Tinubu would succeed him as president of Nigeria.
He wrote: “BAT was neither indicted nor convicted of drug trafficking or anything else in the USA. This is a FACT & it’s the BOTTOM LINE. Those that have labelled him a drug baron due to an out-of-court settlement & repatriation of funds in the U.S. 30 years ago are ignorant t& misinformed.
“They have no idea of how the American justice system works, and I would urge them to go and find out.
“If Asiwaju was a drug baron and if he was wanted in America, I doubt the U.S. Ambassador would have visited his campaign office a few weeks ago to wish him well.
“If he was a drug baron that is wanted in America I doubt that he would have avoided extradition all these years, considering the power, hatred, fury and venom of his numerous enemies and many detractors.
“If he was a drug baron, he would not be the leading contender for the presidential election & the man to beat next year. The opposition is desperate & are doing all they can to discredit him before February next year.
“They started with the Muslim/Muslim ticket issue, it lost steam and failed and now they have resorted to this & revisited an issue that was rested, settled and clarified by the American Embassy in Nigeria itself in 2003.
“Despite their desperation, these dirty tactics, mudslinging and campaign of calumny against a profoundly good man that has done so much for our county will not work.
“The Jagaban is firmly on course, and he SHALL, by God’s grace and the will of the Nigerian people, be elected President of our beloved country next year.”
