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President Muhammdu Buhari and Ahmed Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), could not utter a single.

In his part, Plateau State Governor and Director General of the APC presidential campaign committee, Bako Simon Lalong, appreciated the good people of Bauchi State for their massive turnout and the overall support they have given to the party. Speaking after the exit of the two political leaders of the APC, the national chairman and the former governor of Nassarawa State, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, urged members of the Bauchi APC to remain united and canvass support for Tinubu and Abubakar in the state. In the absence of microphones and speakers to convey their speeches, President Buhari unfurl the party flag to Tinubu before leaving the scene.

PDP has approached the court to disqualify Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, from the 2023 contest over his alleged conviction by a US court.

“As you are all aware, Nigeria is a signatory to such international conventions and therefore is mandatorily obligated to implement the consequential effect of the conviction imposed on Tinubu by a Court of Competent jurisdiction in the criminal case of trafficking in narcotic.” Ologbondiyan said: “It is already established that trafficking in narcotic is an international crime which all nations are obligated by international conventions and statutes to arrest, prosecute and implement any Court judgment imposed on offender anywhere in the world, as well as the consequential effects of such judgements. Addressing a press conference at the PDP Presidential Campaign office in Abuja on Monday, a Spokesperson of the campaign, Kola Ologbondiyan, said by virtue of the “criminal conviction and sentencing by a Court of competent jurisdiction in the United States”, Tinubu is no longer qualified to contest any election in Nigeria.

Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is a documented trafficker. Mr Tinubu...

The defendant funds are therefore forfeitable to the United States pursuant to 21 U.S.C. By reason of facts set forth above and in the attached affidavit, there is probable cause to believe that the defendant funds represent proceeds of narcotics trafficking and further represent property involved in money laundering in violation of 18 U.S.C. As is stated more fully in the attached affidavit, this distribution operation was conducted on a large scale and the proceeds of the operation were substantial. The defendant funds represent proceeds of this operation or property involved in money laundering. The United States of America, by its attorney, Micheal J. The defendant funds are located in the above-described accounts and were SEIZED pursuant to process issued by this court. This court has venue in this matter pursuant to 28 U.S.C. in the name of Bola Tinubu or compass finance & investment co., funds in accounts 52050-89451952, 52050-89451952, 52050-89451953 held by citiban, international in the name of Bola Tinubu, defendants. This court has jurisdiction over this action pursuant to 28 U.S.C && 1345 and 1355. This is a forfeiture action under 21 U.S.C & 881 and 18 U.S.C. funds in account 263226700 held by first heritage bank in the name of Bola Tinubu, funds in accounts 39483134, 39483396, 4650279566, 00400220, 39936404, 39936383, held by citibank, n.a. [(https://westafricaweekly.substack.com/p/bola-ahmed-tinubu-from-drug-lord](https://westafricaweekly.substack.com/p/bola-ahmed-tinubu-from-drug-lord)), which for some bizarre reason has been slow to make it to the mainstream Nigerian media.

By Adeola Badru. The 2011 gubernatorial candidate of the defunct Congress for Progressives Change (CPC) in Lagos State, Abayomi Mumuni, has said that the ...

Mumuni said: “Buhari should reciprocate what Tinubu did for him in 2015. “Asiwaju carried Buhari, backing him like a baby learning how to crawl in 2015 and 2019, to win both elections. Mumuni has, however, enjoined Buhari to reciprocate what he said that Tinubu did for him (Buhari) before he won the election.

Thousands of supporters of the All Progressives Congress APC have angrily left the venue of the presidential campaign rally as the party's presidential ...

After waiting for about 10 minutes for the sound to be restored, President Muhammadu Buhari and the Chairman of the APC, Abdullahi Adamu presented the flag to the gubernatorial candidate of the APC in Bauchi State, Amb Saddique Baba Abubakar before filing out to board their already waiting convoy. President Muhammadu Buhari and the presidential candidate of the APC, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, as well as the National Chairman of the APC mounted the podium to speak, but the sound system went off. Thousands of supporters of the All Progressives Congress, APC, have angrily left the venue of the presidential campaign rally as the party’s presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu could not address them because of an audio malfunction at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Stadium in Bauchi.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign rally in Bauchi State was quickly ended on Monday following a breach of security.

Neither the President nor Tinubu was able to speak at the campaign following a breach of the security situation. Buhari also raised Abubakar’s hand and that of the presidential candidate of the party, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Our correspondent, who was at the venue of the event, alongside other journalists located the point where the electric cable was burnt and cut off at the stadium.

Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the February 25, 2023, election, and Bola Tinubu,

The evidence of sleaze and integrity deficit advanced against the two candidates by themselves are too damning to be ignored. If, at the end of the latest reminder to Nigerians by Bola Tinubu and Atiku Abubakar, of who they are, majority of the voters still elect either of them president, the blame cannot be theirs. What mattered to them was to gain a vantage seat in the bus and they ensured by all means that they got there. The other was not only a product of the seedy Lagos, he became the ultimate Capone of the territory. The legend of their respective lives in the last decade and half has been sustained in equal measure, by disapproval by many and well-cultivated loyalty in others. The story of how these two leviathans won the presidential primaries of their respective parties speaks of their firm grip on Nigerian politics. The strongest response that has been heard from each of the two sides to the barrage of charges of fraud and criminality against them is: what about you? In the hands of their respective overzealous and often inane media attack dogs, who are determined to justify their handsome pay, Atiku and Tinubu have found themselves trashed beyond redemption. Sixteen years after both men left their last elected political offices, they have managed, with effective deployment of resources, to promote a romantic hue of their performances in office. Left on their own, Atiku and Tinubu will most unlikely elect to de-robe themselves so completely before the public in the manner they have done recently. Backed by their respective media aides, who have nothing of their own to lose, Atiku and Tinubu have succeeded within a period of about two weeks to neutralize themselves. The two candidates have ended up as victims of a crossfire they would have given anything to avoid.

"I will initiate a program to help the large numbers of Bauchi unskilled youth who are roaming the streets unengaged.

Good journalism costs a lot of money. After a long wait, the President and Mr Tinubu left the venue without addressing supporters of the party. “I am appealing to the former governors in Bauchi and the party chieftains to join the campaign and work for the success of the party and the good of our people. “We are appealing to the people of Bauchi State to ensure that they vote for all the candidates of the APC in the state. “This shows the concern that President Muhammadu Buhari has for the security of Nigerians, I will replicate the discipline I learnt from working with the president to improve security in Bauchi State. He said he will use his experience in the military and the training he obtained while working with President Buhari as the Chief of Air Staff to improve a lot of people in Bauchi.

Addressing newsmen in Abuja, the spokesperson of Atiku/Okowa campaign organisation, Kola Ologbondiyan said the campaign has proceeded to court to compel ...

“Consequently, our Campaign has proceeded to the Court demanding the Court to: Declare Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the Presidential Candidate of the APC, having been convicted, as ineligible to contest the Presidential election by virtue of section 137 (1) (d) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended). Explaining why Tinubu cannot contest election, Ologbondiyan said, “For clarity, Section 137 (1) (d) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) provides that:(1) A person shall not be qualified for election to the office of President if….(d) He is under a sentence of death imposed by any competent court of law or tribunal in Nigeria or a sentence of imprisonment or FINE for any offence involving dishonesty or fraud (by whatever name called) or for any other offence, imposed on him by any court or tribunal or substituted by a competent authority for any other sentence imposed on him by such a court or tribunal. “The import of the foregoing is that under the 1999 Constitution (as amended), having been so convicted and fined and having acceded to the sentencing by way of forfeiture of $460,000 and having not received any State pardon or acquitted by any court of competent jurisdiction, Asiwaju Tinubu remains a convict and the consequential effect is that he cannot contest election at any level in Nigeria.

The Atiku-Okowa Presidential Campaign of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has commenced court proceedings to disqualify the presidential candidate of the ...

“Unfortunately for them, Nigerians have seen through them already: SPV advocates that are trying to turn the tide of public opinion. “For the avoidance of doubt, the United States court in sentencing Asiwaju Tinubu ordered ‘that the funds in the amount of $460,000 in account 263226700 held by First Heritage Bank in the name of Bola Tinubu represent proceeds of narcotics trafficking or were involved in financial transactions in violation of 18 U.S.C. It is just an attempt to create a counter-suit to our own. I challenged them more than two months ago, yet they did nothing. The PDP Campaign equally said: “The effect is that the listing of the name of Bola Tinubu, who stands convicted by a court of competent jurisdiction on the ballot for the 2023 presidential election is by the virtue of Section 137 (1) (d) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) fundamentally illegal, invalid and must be expunged immediately.” He said: “Nigerians are not unaware of the criminal matter concerning the Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in respect of his criminal conviction and sentencing by a court of competent jurisdiction in the United States over a criminal case of trafficking in narcotics for which Tinubu forfeited the sum of $460,000 to the state.

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday, led the presidential campaign of the All Progressives Party (APC) to Bauchi. Bola Tinubu, the party's flag-bearer, ...