Despite his contentious past including the trafficking of drugs and the falsification of certificates, Chief Bola Tinubu has made it clear that he has a lot to teach the youth of Nigeria about responsibility.
Additionally, he denounced as being unpatriotic and possessing foreign passports the organisers of the August countrywide protests.
At the State House on Thursday, Tinubu emphasised that the older generation must put the future of Nigerian children first. The group of Islamic leaders was led by Sheikh Bala Lau.
Tinubu stated, “What should be uppermost in our minds is the future of our children. We have a lot to teach them on what it takes to be a good citizen and what it takes to be a responsible citizen.”
Criticizing the sponsors of the upcoming protests over economic hardships, Tinubu remarked, “The sponsors of protests do not love our country. They have no love for the nation. They do not understand citizenship. They have alternative passports.”
But accusations of identity theft, certificate forgery, illicit enrichment, possession of a diplomatic Guinean passport, and drug trafficking have damaged Tinubu’s own reputation. His moral authority to teach young Nigerians about responsible citizenship is called into question by these claims.
Tinubu gave up $460,000 to the US government in the 1990s as part of a narcotics trafficking investigation. After he announced his intention to run for president in 2022, this controversy reappeared.
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Newly disclosed documents by the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois describe Tinubu’s interaction with American authorities about charges of money laundering and drug trafficking.
In addition, a move to reveal or withhold Tinubu’s records is scheduled to be considered by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in response to a FOIA request made by Nigerian journalist David Hundeyin and Aaron Greenspan. The request is for the release of FBI records pertaining to Tinubu’s participation in the drug trafficking investigation from 1993.
Additionally, reports described how his tax management business, Alpha Beta, was utilised to transfer billions of dollars to shell corporations.
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