The drug case against president Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the US

[Rebirth01]

The case in 1993 was a civil case and not a criminal case. The president was not even charge to court,he was not sentence or convicted of drug related matter and at such he is not drug lord. People often get confused of the word civil case and a criminal case. In 2023 , the supreme court of Nigeria said that Atiku Abubakar and his team was unable to prove that president Bola Ahmed Tinubu was convicted in the US for drug related matter. In civil matters, the person in question is not charged to court but properties, money,houses,cars etc. The records shows that president Bola Ahmed Tinubu did not go into plea bargain and he was not convicted of any criminal matter so this case that is flying here and there is dead on arrival.

[Bitcoin-Forever]

This topic should be under the Naija child board politics and society.

One thing I want you to understand in this regard is that once you have the power and influence, the law will not affect you the most, this is how it has always been except that you are not being supported by others that are in place to determine your fate, politics is a game and they run it with money, therefore forget about what you see people do, but who they have and the backup they rely on.

Do you know the number of people that have been convicted as a result of drug trafficking and other related offenses, because they are just being used by the drug lords and they were caught without anyone to appear in defense for them, unlike the prominent musicians and other politicians that are into drugs deals and no one is suspecting them for such.

[Africolo]

The case in 1993 was a civil case and not a criminal case. The president was not even charge to court,he was not sentence or convicted of drug related matter and at such he is not drug lord. People often get confused of the word civil case and a criminal case. In 2023 , the supreme court of Nigeria said that Atiku Abubakar and his team was unable to prove that president Bola Ahmed Tinubu was convicted in the US for drug related matter. In civil matters, the person in question is not charged to court but properties, money,houses,cars etc. The records shows that president Bola Ahmed Tinubu did not go into plea bargain and he was not convicted of any criminal matter so this case that is flying here and there is dead on arrival.

The system has made it a way that once you are in the corridors of power or an influencer who has connections you can do whatever pleases you and go scout free because you have the money and connections to pay and bribe any authorities that wants to see the law prevail and that's what we are seeing in the case of Tinubu, ordinary he won't have become President of Nigeria if he was prosecuted by the US government and they made mention of it in 2023 and didn't further the case why coming to talk about it again when justice will not be served?,.

We have been hearing rumours that the president is a drug lord and we are meant to believe it because almost everyone in Nigeria knows about that story and it can't just be a made up story to implicate the president if he wasn't into it, let the law prevail and shouldn't be a respecter of persons, he should be convicted and prosecuted if found guilty.

[Salahmu]

Op I understand that you want to make everybody come to the realization of the believe they had about him that seems to be wrong to you but however you should have also back up your defense on him by showing us were it was written that he was not convicted so that everybody would see and read the truth for themselves but however whether is true or not I don't think it changed anything because he is already our president and the most powerful person in the country but there is one thing that makes people to doubt anything you are being accused of and that's integrity and helping the country with the position they gave you but since he couldn't do that is hard for people to see him as a responsible person.

[Rockson1]

Op I understand that you want to make everybody come to the realization of the believe they had about him that seems to be wrong to you but however you should have also back up your defense on him by showing us were it was written that he was not convicted so that everybody would see and read the truth for themselves but however whether is true or not I don't think it changed anything because he is already our president and the most powerful person in the country but there is one thing that makes people to doubt anything you are being accused of and that's integrity and helping the country with the position they gave you but since he couldn't do that is hard for people to see him as a responsible person.

I never wanted to write in this thread, when the op dropped this topic I read the content of what he said, he was sounding like an attorney to me, perhaps he is the defect counsel to Tinubu lolz, if Tinubu was not convicted for the crime in question,maybe with time, when US is done playing politics with the matter, in future they might consider releasing report, US been saying they will release the report and we been waiting, but nothing has been released yet, and what if there is something we are not aware of that is going on between the US government and Tinubu, please let's not talk about integrity if it has to do with Tinubu, and whoever that is playig ethnic politics with what is happening should better stop, because it isn't helping us.

[Smartvirus]

I did small digging into the alleged by the OP and the OP isn’t exactly wrong about it. Tinubu was never convicted on these matters and on that base, it would be wrong to allege such.

However, with the case being a civil case, the US government actually filed for the forfeiture of properties and funds related to the accused as proceeds from trafficking narcotics and heroine rather than pursue a criminal case. Tinubu and other accused didn’t dispute the fact but rather, argued on the bases for the forfeiture and was able to reach a settlement.

So, it would be correct to say he was involved in drug trafficking as alleged, a position strengthened by going for settlement rather than maiming an actual case but, he wasn’t convicted of drug trafficking.

[Judith87403]

I did small digging into the alleged by the OP and the OP isn’t exactly wrong about it. Tinubu was never convicted on these matters and on that base, it would be wrong to allege such.

However, with the case being a civil case, the US government actually filed for the forfeiture of properties and funds related to the accused as proceeds from trafficking narcotics and heroine rather than pursue a criminal case. Tinubu and other accused didn’t dispute the fact but rather, argued on the bases for the forfeiture and was able to reach a settlement.

So, it would be correct to say he was involved in drug trafficking as alleged, a position strengthened by going for settlement rather than maiming an actual case but, he wasn’t convicted of drug trafficking.

The US didn't even state that they charged him for a criminal case but the FBI said they want to release his criminal records involving drug trafficking. If he committed such crime in 1993, why do the FBI want to bring it now, why didn't they release it earlier before his presidential election. The FBI is just being insensitive because I heard that they also made this same threat to him when he wanted to become president so I wonder why they are bringing it up again when he is asking for a re-election for a second term. This whole thing is turning into a blackmail and I doubt if they even have any criminal records of Bola Amed Tinubu because if they do, the FBI would have done investigation and release whatever records they said they have. Inasmuch as we don't want Tinubu to return as president for a second term, but the FBI should stop distracting Nigerians from focusing on the 2027 election.

[Smartvirus]

The US didn't even state that they charged him for a criminal case but the FBI said they want to release his criminal records involving drug trafficking. If he committed such crime in 1993, why do the FBI want to bring it now, why didn't they release it earlier before his presidential election. The FBI is just being insensitive because I heard that they also made this same threat to him when he wanted to become president so I wonder why they are bringing it up again when he is asking for a re-election for a second term. This whole thing is turning into a blackmail and I doubt if they even have any criminal records of Bola Amed Tinubu because if they do, the FBI would have done investigation and release whatever records they said they have. Inasmuch as we don't want Tinubu to return as president for a second term, but the FBI should stop distracting Nigerians from focusing on the 2027 election.

The sensitive nature of these kind of allegations isn’t something that comes into doubt when you hear certain US agencies speaking on these things. The fact that a settlement was reached means, there are some truth to it however, it was contained indoors.

It only becomes relevant today because, you have people seeking it out. That’s why, it’s alleged the Tinubu through his attorney has filed for all records related to such case should be withheld to ensure his privacy.

Politics is always about looking for means to discredit your opposition and this no different. We just hope it’s not at the expense of rigging votes which would be making decisions for the entire country.

[Mayor of ogba]

Some Nigerians are believing the U.S will stop Bola Ahmed Tinubu in contesting for the president of Nigeria come 2027 election by releasing his drug related matter, but the advise I have for people who believe the U.S will release Bola Ahmed Tinubu drug related matter is that they should remove their mind from that because the FBI won't release anything, that's how they also threatened to release Bola Ahmed Tinubu drug matter in 2023 when he was contesting for the president of Nigeria and they didn't release it, the FBI is just using Bola Ahmed Tinubu drug matter to distract Nigerians from the upcoming election.