Drug Trafficking: 10 Accounts Linked To Tinubu, $460,000 Deducted As Tax – Keyamo

Keyamo had disclosed that 10 accounts were linked to Tinubu, by United States authorities in the early 90s, $460,000 were deducted from one of the accounts as tax and for Drug Trafficking.

 

The spokesman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential campaign team, Festus Keyamo, has disclosed that authorities of the United State, US, the government has linked 10 bank accounts to the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu in the early 90s.

 

This revelation is coming Amid allegations of drug trafficking against Bola Tinubu by the US government.

Recall that a court document reportedly indicting Tinubu of drug dealings and money laundering recently surfaced online.

The document released by the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois said Tinubu was investigated for money laundering and drug trafficking 30 years ago.

 

Keyamo said the United States Government had deducted $460,000 from one of the accounts as a tax on investments.

He disclosed this while appearing on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Wednesday.

Speaking on the issue, Keyamo said the APC presidential candidate was responsible for the accounts, but some were traced to his mother and “relatives.”

 

He said: “The US government said he had not paid tax on those interests. That is all and guess what? The banks are supposed to deduct the tax from the source.

“Out of the 10 accounts, it was only one account – the one in Heritage Bank – that they took $460,000 as a tax on interest that he benefited from the investment he made in those accounts.

“In fact, all the money in Heritage Bank was not taken; they took only $460,000 as tax.”

 

Recall that Keyamo, had earlier said the document alleging that Bola Tinubu was indicted in a drug trafficking and money laundering case in the United States is a sign of frustration by the opposition.

Reacting to the allegation via his verified Twitter account on Wednesday, Keyamo said those making the claims were chasing a lost battle.

 

“Sign of frustration: They are seeking to wake a horse long dead and buried and for which a media house publicly apologised in 2016 when they tried to use the story”, he said.