Adebayo Adenrele
Former Minster of Aviation, Mr Femi Fani Kayode, has dismissed the allegations of drug charges against the All Progressive Congress, Presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as a deliberate fabrication by the opposition parties to dent his image.
NEWSTODAYNG gathered that the accusation erupted from an investigation by FBI Kevin Moss of Tinubu and Compass Investment and Finance Accounts at First Heritage Bank and Citi -bank in the US.
On January 10, 1992, Mr Kevin Moss requested and obtained a court order to freeze the accounts. On January 13, 1992, Mr Moss telephoned Tinubu in Nigeria to justify the amounts in the Account, running into $1.4 million. Part of the money was said to have been deposited by two Nigerians, being investigated for drug offences.
After the telephone conversation, Tinubu instructed his Lawyer in the US to file a lawsuit against the order freezing his accounts.
This dragged on till 15 September 1993, when an agreement was reached for an out of Court settlement, read by Judge John Nordberg and part of the funds, $460,000 was seized by the government.
The letter read in part,
“Our sincerest greetings to you and all of the law enforcement personnel in the Nigeria Police Force, whose continued assistance is very much appreciated.
“In relation to your letter dated, February 3, 2003 reference number SR. 3000/IGPSEC/ABJ/VOL.24/287, regarding Governor Bola Ahmed Tinubu, a record check of the Federal Bureau Investigation (FBI) and National Crime Information Centre (NCIC), was conducted.
“The results of the check were negative for any criminal arrest records, wants, or warrant for Bola Ahmed Tinubu (DOB, 29 March, 1952).”
