Former Lagos Governor and the self-acclaimed National leader of the All Progressive Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu is in deeper trouble as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has expanded probe into his case.
The EFCC has drafted a letter to the Code of Conduct Bureau, requesting copies of Tinubu’s asset declaration form, Anaedoonline.ng has learned.
The People’s Gazette who published a copy of the letter, revealed that the investigation into Tinubu began last year after the removal of erstwhile Chairman, Ibrahim Magu.
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The letter marked CR/3000/EFCC/LS/Vol4/322, dated November 6, 2020, was signed by the then Lagos zonal head, Abdulrasheed Bawa, who is now the Chairman of the EFCC.
The letter read in part, “In view of the above, you are kindly requested to furnish the commission with the outstanding requested information of Bola Ahmed Adekunle Tinubu.
“This request is made pursuant to Section 38(1) and (2) of the EFCC Act 2004.”
Attempts to speak with the EFCC Spokesman, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, by newsmen proved abortive as he did not respond to calls.
A senior EFCC official, however, confirmed the authenticity of the letter, adding that it was part of a wider probe.
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The official, who wished to remain anonymous, said the probe was a sequel to some petitions written against Bola Tinubu since 2018 which Magu had failed to act on.
The source said, “The letter is authentic. The EFCC is in receipt of several petitions against Tinubu, including one involving alleged fraud in Alpha Beta Consulting.”
Mr. Dapo Apara, a former Managing Director of Alpha Beta Consulting, had filed a written allegation to the EFCC, informing the Commission of the company’s tax evasion, which is being run by Tinubu and his contemporaries.
In his summon writ marked LD/7330GCMW/2020, Apara told the respondents to appear within 42 days or judgment may be passed in their absence.
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Apara went on to institute a lawsuit against Tinubu.
In his statement, Apara claimed that Bola Tinubu was in charge of the company, which was receiving up to 10 percent of the taxes collected in the state.
According to the former MD, his journey into the discovery of the fraudulent activities perpetrated by Asiwaju began when he began looking into his finances and discovered a lot of un-accountable transfers, such as transfer of over 20 billion naira to various companies.
He stated, “N550million payment to Ocean Trust Ltd vide payment instruction dated the 15/5/18 N850million payment to Ocean Trust Ltd vides payment instruction dated the 14/3/15.”
Apara also revealed that up to N960 million was spent on purchasing HITV’s 300,000,000 shares.
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