“Tinubu only shared a “block of flats” with notorious cocaine dealers in Chicago. What happened was that Asiwaju (Bola Tinubu) went to open an account.
The address which he used in opening the account was the address used by these people…(sic).
I think some blocks of flats. Maybe, he happened to be in that block of flats too. So, they now link it that the other people they were investigating for narcotics are in the same address used by Asiwaju to open that account.”
Peoples Gazette had published certified copies of the 1993 case recently released by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. The documents confirmed that the U.S. government had in July 1993 sought forfeiture of proceeds of narcotics Mr Tinubu was accused of laundering.
The matter was resolved in a compromise between the Tinubus and the U.S. authorities, with the Tinubus being asked to keep the money in the Heritage Bank account while the $460,000 in the Citibank account was forfeited.Obi’s Petition: Tinubu Only Shared a Flat With Drug Barons, He was Not a Member – Keyamo
“Tinubu only shared a “block of flats” with notorious cocaine dealers in Chicago. What happened was that Asiwaju (Bola Tinubu) went to open an account. The address which he used in opening the account was the address used by these people…(sic). I think some blocks of flats. Maybe, he happened to be in that block of flats too. So, they now link it that the other people they were investigating for narcotics are in the same address used by Asiwaju to open that account.”
Peoples Gazette had published certified copies of the 1993 case recently released by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. The documents confirmed that the U.S. government had in July 1993 sought forfeiture of proceeds of narcotics Mr Tinubu was accused of laundering.
The matter was resolved in a compromise between the Tinubus and the U.S. authorities, with the Tinubus being asked to keep the money in the Heritage Bank account while the $460,000 in the Citibank account was forfeited.