The Director of Strategic Communication, All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign council, Dele Alake, has revealed how Bola Tinubu presidential candidate of the party made his wealth from a young age.
Newsonline reports that Dele Alake said the jealousy and controversy over Tinubu’s source of wealth were because he maintained his wealth even after leaving government office as governor of Lagos State in 2007.
Alake stated that the APC presidential candidate made his money while working in financial institutions and investing in stock.
Tinubu’s source of wealth has been an issue of debate among the political class and the voting population of Nigerians.
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His educational qualification, origin and real name have been a trending issue on social media since the former governor of Lagos won the June APC presidential primary.
A West Africa Weekly report alleged that the former governor of Lagos was into drugs business while residing in the United States.
A former presidential aide to ex-president Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri had challenged Tinubu to sue him in any court in the country, maintaining that Tinubu was into drug business in the US.
But Alake insisted the ex-Governor of Lagos was not a “pauper” before he became a senator in 1992.
He said, “What I know is that right from his days in the corporate world, he has been trading in stocks even in foreign currencies.
“He has been buying stocks, bonds and all of that. I’m not a finance person. I’m not going to be interested in the nitty-gritty of it all.
“He is about the only one of the class of 1999 who is at that enviable height, politically. He’s bound to attract all of these negative comments.”
Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu, the APC presidential candidate, will be slugging it out with Atiku Abubakar, PDP presidential candidate and Peter Obi, Labour Party presidential candidate.
