Drug Trafficking A Criminal Offence – Tinubu May Not Participate In 2023 Presidential Election

Former Lagos State Governor Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu may be barred from running for president in 2023 if his drug trafficking case goes to court, according to Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain Daniel Bwala.

According to the spokesman for the PDP’s Atiku Abubakar/Ifeanyi Okowa presidential campaign, drug trafficking, whether in Nigeria or abroad, is a criminal offence, and Tinubu may be barred from running in the upcoming presidential election if found guilty.

Bwala, it is understood, reached this conclusion in response to the controversy surrounding the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate.

Tinubu was named as a defendant in a court case accusing him of drug trafficking in a viral document released by the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Tinubu’s alleged involvement in narcotics and money laundering about 30 years ago was documented in the document.

Tinubu’s forfeiture of $460,000 in one of the accounts linked to the former governor resulted from the settlement.

Festus Keyamo, the spokesperson for the Tinubu-Shettima Presidential Campaign Council, had criticized the document, claiming that Tinubu had not been charged and thus had no case to answer.

Bwala, however, while speaking live on Channels Television’s Politics Today, said:

I’m afraid that the conclusion of this case is that, from the eyes of the law. Bola may be disqualified from contesting if the matter goes to court.

Bwala added saying;

Narcotics and money laundering, whether in Nigeria or the United States, is a criminal offence.

Drug And Narcotics Is A Terrible Case

Bwala went further to say that drug dealing is a terrible case and that issue with Tinubu is a matter of character.

For the Nigerian people, the source of the money is important, but there is still a cloud around drug-related offences and drug-related activity with somebody who wants to be the country’s number one citizen,” he said.

Recently, there was a massive busting of cocaine in Nigeria. This idea of drugs and narcotics is a terrible case worldwide.

And if someone has that questionable character and is elected as a President, what it means is that it will embolden people who are into those activities. That’s why the person has to come out clean.