{"id":33137,"date":"2014-11-17T16:40:11","date_gmt":"2014-11-17T15:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=33137"},"modified":"2014-11-17T17:43:14","modified_gmt":"2014-11-17T16:43:14","slug":"drug-crimes-apc-leader-bola-tinubu-still-suspect-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/drug-crimes-apc-leader-bola-tinubu-still-suspect-u-s\/","title":{"rendered":"Drug Crimes: APC Leader, Bola Tinubu Still A Suspect In The U.S"},"content":{"rendered":"

Despite his failing health and political reputation in Nigeria as the<\/span>
national leader of All Progressive Congress, APC, former Lagos State<\/span>
Governor, Ahmed Bola Tinubu, is still being monitored, questioned and<\/span>
interrogated frequently upon arrival in the United States over drug crimes<\/span>
committed in that country.<\/span>

Tinubu was indicted for Cocaine, Herroine and Gun crimes and forfeited<\/span>
$460,000.00 in the early 1990\u2019s.<\/span>

Cocaine, Heroine, Guns and other paraphernalia used in running the drug<\/span>
business were all recovered from the Tinubu-led drug cartel in Chicago in<\/span>
the early 1993.<\/span>

\u201cHe is still a suspect and the case against him is not yet closed. It can<\/span>
be reopened anytime even though he has forfeited proceeds from the crime,\u201d<\/span>
a U.S Security source told Pointblanknews.com<\/span>

Sources said, \u201cEven if today Tinubu decides to visit the United States<\/span>
again, he would be questioned. \u2028\u2028\u201cHis crime is not one that<\/span>
can be swept under the carpet just like that. \u2028\u2028<\/span>

\u201cThe usual suspicion by the United States and other countries is that once<\/span>
you have a criminal record, you must be monitored properly in order to<\/span>
forestall you committing the same crime again.\u201d<\/span>


Tinubu\u2019s drug crime life has refused to go away from the U.S authorities<\/span>
even as mainstream media houses in Nigeria have been largely compromised<\/span>
and would not report the atrocities and conviction of the APC leader.<\/span>

The APC leader is currently joggling his political cards, seeking to<\/span>
anoint a Governor in Lagos State and a Presidential flag bearer for his<\/span>
party despite his indictment for drug crimes in the United States.<\/span>

According to the document, signed by a former United States Government<\/span>
Narcotics Attache in its embassy in Nigeria, Andre W. Kellum, Tinubu<\/span>
operated an organisation that distributed cocaine.<\/span>

Kellum who signed the U.S documents while serving in Nigeria, is now<\/span>
Regional Director for the Drug Enforcement Agency, DEA, in Bangkok,<\/span>
Thailand. \u2028\u2028<\/span>

Kellum said that though Tinubu was not subjected to criminal prosecution,<\/span>
the fact that he acceded to forfeiting funds to the United States<\/span>
Government was on its own a conviction. \u2028\u2028<\/span>

Kellum\u2019s letter was a response to a petition pertaining to Tinubu\u2019s<\/span>
suitability to stand for re-election in 2003 as the governor of Lagos<\/span>
State. \u2028\u2028<\/span>

The petitioner said that Tinubu, owing to his conviction in the United<\/span>
States for running a drug cartel, was not suitable to stand for election<\/span>
in Nigeria. \u2028<\/span>

In the letter dated April 9, 2003, addressed to the former Chairman,<\/span>
National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Alhaji Bello Lafiaji, Kellum<\/span>
wrote,<\/span>
\u201cAfter consultation with the Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of<\/span>
International Affairs (OIA), this is in response to the above referenced<\/span>
matter, regarding Bola Ahmed TINUBU (emphasis that of Kellum).<\/span>
\u2028\u2028<\/span>

\u201cPursuant to the aforementioned request, the Lagos, Nigeria Country Office<\/span>
(LNCO) of the Drug Enforcement Administration immediately contacted<\/span>
DOJ\/OIA officials. Copies of documents received by the LNCO from the NDLEA<\/span>
were forwarded to these officials for verification. \u2028\u2028<\/span>

\u201cAs such, please note that paragraphs 4, 5 and 6 of the complaint<\/span>
indicates that persons named therein operated an organisation that<\/span>
distributed heroin and the proceeds of that illegal distribution were in<\/span>
the subject acounts to be forfeited. The complaint references U.S.<\/span>
(criminal) money laundering and (criminal) drug statutes as the authority<\/span>
under which the forfeiture occurs. Nevertheless, note that the complaint<\/span>
in this civil action identifies the funds as the defendant (Tinubu), not<\/span>
the account holders. \u2028\u2028<\/span>

\u201cLikewise, the Decree of Forfeiture, signed by a U.S. District Judge,<\/span>
identifies the criminal statutory authority for the civil forfeiture of<\/span>
the funds without regard to whether there is a corresponding criminal<\/span>
prosecution. \u2028\u2028<\/span>

\u201cThe facts revealed in the U.S. Investigation of the funds and their<\/span>
source are detailed in the affidavit filed by the Internal Revenue<\/span>
Service. \u2028\u2028In the letter from the NDLEA that resulted in<\/span>
Kellum\u2019s reaction, the lead anti-narcotic agency in Nigeria said that the<\/span>
conclusion it could draw was that Tinubu\u2019s drug case was yet to be closed<\/span>
by the United States. \u2028\u2028<\/span>

The letter, in its opinion section, noted, \u201cFormer paragraph 6 above,<\/span>
Governor Ahmed Bola Tinubu was involved in Money Laundering Transactions<\/span>
along with Mueez Adegboya Akande and Abiodun Agbele in the United States<\/span>
of America. \u2028<\/span>

\u2028\u201cEven though he was not charged to court, he had to compromise the<\/span>
case. Otherwise, he would have lost the whole money. \u2028\u2028<\/span>

\u201cArising from the case, Governor Ahmed Bola Tinubu forfeited 460,000 US<\/span>
dollars to the United States Government being proceeds of narcotic<\/span>
trafficking or property involved in financial transactions in violation of<\/span>
18 USO 1956 and 1957 and therefore was forfeitable to the United States<\/span>
(emphasis that of the NDLEA).<\/span>
\u2028<\/span>
\u2028\u201cIt is pertinent to note that the funds held by Citi bank which was<\/span>
released to Governor Ahmed Bola Tinubu and the action filed against these<\/span>
funds held in the said accounts was dismissed with prejudice. This in<\/span>
effect means the case has not been closed (emphasis that of NDLEA) and<\/span>
could be reopened at any time by the United States Government.\u201d<\/span>
\u2028\u2028<\/span>

The opinion formed by the NDLEA on the issue as a result of Kellum\u2019s<\/span>
letter, arose from a petition by one of the governorship aspirants in<\/span>
Lagos State in 2003, Sir Babatunde Abayomi Olowu, that Tinubu was not fit<\/span>
to stand for the governorship based on his conviction on drug offences in<\/span>
the United States. \u2028\u2028<\/span>

The NDLEA said that though Olowu\u2019s petition, dated January 16, 2003 raised<\/span>
several grounds for Tinubu to be prevented from contesting, the agency<\/span>
noted that the aspect in which it was interested was that between 1988 and<\/span>
1993, the former governor was involved in narcotics trafficking and money<\/span>
laundering. \u2028\u2028It said that upon receipt of the petition, it<\/span>
sent copies of the court that indicted Tinubu to the DEA in Nigeria for<\/span>
assitance. \u2028<\/span>
It said the DEA, through Kellum, replied on April 9, 2003, confirming the<\/span>
existence of such proceedings. \u2028\u2028\u2028\u2028<\/span>

The NDLEA said based on the report, it established that: \u2028<\/span>

\u2028(a) That there was in fact a proceeding in the United States<\/span>
District Court Northern District of Illinois Eastern Division in 1993 in<\/span>
which the United States of America was the Plaintiff and the funds in 10<\/span>
accounts held by Governor Bola Tinubu and Compass Finance and Investment<\/span>
Co. at First Heritage Bank and Citi Bank International in the United<\/span>
States were the Defendants. \u2028\u2028<\/span>

(b) The substance of the application filed by the United States Attorney<\/span>
was \u201cThis is an in rem forfeiture case brought pursuant to 22 U.S.C.<\/span>
Section 881 and 18 U.S.C. Section 981 which provides for the forfeiture of<\/span>
property representing the proceeds of drug trafficking and property<\/span>
involved in money laundering.\u201d \u2028\u2028<\/span>

( c ) Governor Ahmed Bola Tinubu defended the said publication through his<\/span>
counsel Patrick S. Coffey and there was a stipulation and compromise<\/span>
settlement of claims to the funds held by Heritage Bank and Citi Bank.<\/span>
\u2028<\/span>

\u2028(d) The United States and the Individual Claimants i.e. Governor<\/span>
Ahmed Bola Tinubu and others agreed to settle and to compromise this<\/span>
action upon terms previously presented to the court. \u2028\u2028<\/span>

(e) The court made the following findings \u201cThe United States filed a<\/span>
verified complaint for forfeitures against the funds in the above<\/span>
captioned defendant accounts because there was probable cause to believe<\/span>
that the property represented proceeds of narcotics traficking or was<\/span>
property involved in financial transactions in violation of 18 U.S.C.<\/span>

In 1956 and 1957 and therefore was forfeitable to the United States<\/span>
pursuant to 21 U.S.C. Section 881 (a) 6 and 18 U.S.C. 981. The funds in<\/span>
the defendant accounts were seized initially by seizure warrants.\u201d<\/span>
\u2028\u2028<\/span>

(f) From the findings of the court, \u201cGovernor Ahmed Bola Tinubu has<\/span>
admitted and acknowledged that the funds traced to his account represented<\/span>
proceeds of narcotics trafficking or was property involved in financial<\/span>
transactions in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1956 and 1957 and therefore was<\/span>
forfeitable to the United States pursuant to 21 U.S.C. Section 881 (a) and<\/span>
18 U.S.C. 981. The funds in the defendants acounts were seized initially<\/span>
by seizure warrants.\u201d \u2028\u2028<\/span>

(g) Following from (f) above, Governor Ahmed Bola Tinubu has also admitted<\/span>
that he was involved in laundering proceeds of drug trafficking in the<\/span>
United States of America and the proceeds of such illicit drugs or money<\/span>
laundered in the sun of 460,000 US dollars be forfeited to the United<\/span>
States Government. \u2028\u2028<\/span>

(h) Although Governor Ahmed Bola Tinubu was not charged to court for<\/span>
trafficking in narcotics, he was nonetheless indicted for laundering<\/span>
proceeds of drug trafficking being financial transactions forfeitable to<\/span>
the United States Government. \u2028\u2028<\/span>

(i) Governor Ahmed Bola Tinubu opted for settlement so that he would not<\/span>
forfeit the whole money. He would have forfeited the whole money if the<\/span>
mater had gone through full trial. \u2028\u2028<\/span>

(j) Under the Nigerian law, it is possible to forfeit property believed to<\/span>
be proceeds of trafficking in narcotic drugs even if the suspect has not<\/span>
been convicted and is discharged by the court on technical grounds.<\/span>
\u2028\u2028<\/span>

(k) Such a person whose property has been forfeited on grounds of being<\/span>
proceeds of drug trafficking will be classified as a baron or money<\/span>
launderer and certainly will be indexed and put on watchlist.<\/span>
\u2028\u2028<\/span>

(l) From the above, if Governor Ahmed Bola Tinubu is not the incumbent<\/span>
Executive Governor of Lagos State he would have been invited for interview<\/span>
to shed light on the facts admitted by him in this case. \u2028\u2028<\/span>

The NDLEA, in a further note, said that at the time of this transaction,<\/span>
Tinubu was a staff of Mobil Oil Nigeria Limited, with a monthly take home<\/span>
pays of $2,400. \u2028\u2028<\/span>

The note said that despite the amount Tinubu receives, he completed a<\/span>
credit application for a loan of $8,000 to buy a car on January 6, 1990.<\/span>
\u2028\u2028<\/span>

He reportedly said in the application that his only source of income was<\/span>
from his job with Mobil Oil Nigeria Limited. \u2028\u2028<\/span>

The note said that on November 20, 1990, one Abiodun Agbele, whom Tinubu<\/span>
said is known to him, was arrested after selling one ounce of white heroin<\/span>
to an undercover agent for $7,000. \u2028\u2028<\/span>

Agbele was described as an agent of Mueez A. Akande in the distribution of<\/span>
heroin in the United States. \u2028\u2028The note added, \u201cInterrogation<\/span>
of the said Agbele and further investigations revealed the identity of the<\/span>
other individuals, including relatives who have worked for Akande with<\/span>
various duties in the distribution organisation. One of these individuals<\/span>
has been identified by the investigation as Bola Tinubu. \u2028<\/span>

\u2028\u201cGovernor Tinubu did not file any document to explain the source of<\/span>
money totalling over 1.4 million dollars which was traced to his account<\/span>
which was clearly above his means of income. \u2028<\/span>
\u2028<\/span>
\u201cGovernor Ahmed Bola Tinubu was in the habit of using different<\/span>
residential addresses for different transactions apparently not to leave<\/span>
traces.\u201d<\/span>

\u2028\u2028In its conclusion, the NDLEA said of Tinubu, \u201cEven though he<\/span>
was not charged to court, he had to compromise the case. Otherwise, he<\/span>
would have lost the whole money…. \u2028\u2028<\/span>

\u201cIt is pertinent to note that the funds held by Citi bank which was<\/span>
released to Governor Ahmed Bola Tinubu and the action filed against these<\/span>
funds held in the said accounts was dismissed with prejudice. This in<\/span>
effect means the case has not been closed and could be reopened at any<\/span>
time by the United States Government.\u201d<\/span>

John A. Nordberg of the United States District Court, Northern District of<\/span>
Illinois, Eastern Division, ordered the forfeiture of the huge sums, found<\/span>
in 10 of Tinubu\u2019s accounts, believed to be proceeds of illicit drug trade.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"BolaTinubuHeroinforfeiture<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2028\u2028<\/span>

The court, in the order given on October 4, 1993, said the drug deal,<\/span>
specifically in white heroin, involved Tinubu; his wife, Oluremi; and<\/span>
three of his family members. \u2028\u2028<\/span>

The accounts from which the funds were seized included First Heritage Bank<\/span>
(263226700), Citi International Bank (39483134, 39483396, 4650279566,<\/span>
00400200, 39936404, 39936383, 52050-89451952, 52050-89451952 and<\/span>
52050-89451953). \u2028\u2028<\/span>

According to a Special Agent of the United States Criminal Investigation<\/span>
Service, Kevin Moss, the DEA became involved in the investigation of a<\/span>
white heroin network operating in Chicago, Illinois (where Tinubu alleged<\/span>
he got a university certificate, which became a source of controversy<\/span>
while he was in office) and Hammond, Indiana in 1988. \u2028\u2028<\/span>

Cocaine, heroin, guns and other paraphernalia used for running the drug<\/span>
cartel were recovered by the investigators. \u2028\u2028<\/span>

The affidavit added, \u201cThe investigation disclosed that an individual known<\/span>
as Lee Andrew Edwards was a source of white heroin. Edwards is currently<\/span>
incarcerated for attempting to murder a federal agent while the agent was<\/span>
executing a search warrant. \u2028\u2028<\/span>

\u201cSource A provided reliable information about Lee Andrew Edwards including<\/span>
the identity of a telephone number\u201d and huge profits that Agbele admitted<\/span>
\u201che often wired to bank accounts on behalf of Akande.\u201d \u2028\u2028<\/span>

Agbele, Moss said, \u201ccontrolled the operation of the white heroin<\/span>
distribution network from Nigeria in conjunction with other individuals in<\/span>
Nigeria and the United States. Much of the business, at the time the<\/span>
operation flourished, was conducted by telephone, although, according to<\/span>
Agbele, Akande occasionally travelled to the United States under an<\/span>
assumed name to retrieve portions of the drug profits. \u2028\u2028<\/span>

\u201cDuring the course of the investigation, DEA agents learned that in<\/span>
November 1986, Akande completed a lease application for an apartment on<\/span>
which he listed his employment as an account representative for Globe-Link<\/span>
International. Akande listed his address as 7504 South Stewart Avenue,<\/span>
Chicago, Illinois and a former address as 7527 North Sheridan Road also in<\/span>
Chicago. On the application, Akande listed … as his spouse and his<\/span>
current landlord was identified as Christmas Schaffer. \u2028\u2028<\/span>

\u201cFurther investigation by DEA disclosed that Agbele also completed a lease<\/span>
application for an apartment located at 4050 W. 115th Street, Chicago,<\/span>
Illinois. In the application, Agbele stated that he was employed by<\/span>
Globe-Link as a sales representative. The investigators have confirmed<\/span>
that Akande maintained an apartment in this complex. \u2028\u2028<\/span>

\u201cThis investigation has disclosed the identity of other individuals,<\/span>
including relatives, who have worked for Akande with various duties in the<\/span>
distribution organisation. One of these individuals has been identified by<\/span>
the investigation as Bola Ahmed Tinubu. \u2028\u2028<\/span>

\u201cAccording to bank records from the First Heritage Bank, Country Club<\/span>
Hills, Illinois, Tinubu opened an individual money market account and a<\/span>
\u201cNOW\u201d account in December 1989. In the application, Tinubu stated that his<\/span>
address was 704 South Stewart, Chicago, Illinois. This is the same address<\/span>
used previously by Akande and Globe-Link. Upon opening this account,<\/span>
Tinubu deposited $1,000 in traveller\u2019s cheque. \u2028\u2028<\/span>

\u201cBank records disclosed that five days after the account was opened, on<\/span>
January 4, 1990, $80,000 was deposited into the NOW account at First<\/span>
Heritage Bank by wire transfer through First Chicago from Banc One<\/span>
Houston. The transaction was completed at the direction of Akande who<\/span>
resided at 7930 Corporate Drive. Akande previously used this address.<\/span>
Further, the investigation disclosed through a review of bank records that<\/span>
an individual named Akande had three accounts at Banc One. \u2028\u2028<\/span>

\u201cAccording to bank employees, when Tinubu came to First Heritage Bank in<\/span>
December 1989 to open the accounts, he was introduced to them by Akande<\/span>
who at that time maintained an account at the bank. \u2028\u2028<\/span><\/p>\n



\u201cAccording to bank records, Tinubu also opened a joint checking account in<\/span>
his name and the name of his wife. The wife previously opened a joint bank<\/span>
account also at this bank with Akande, …the wife of Akande<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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