Bayo Onanuga, chief spokesman for President-elect Bola Tinubu, on Saturday argued that his principal’s cocaine racket in the United States happened more than 10 years ago and cannot, therefore, be used as a basis to truncate his victory at the polls last month.

The Obi supporters don’t read. They live in a cocoon of falsehood and contrived propaganda,” Mr Onanuga said while responding to a tweet from Ayo Obe, another surrogate of Mr Tinubu’s, who said the new Nigerian leader cannot be sacked by the Supreme Court because his established drug trafficking case in Chicago was already statute-barred.

Mrs Obe cited Section 137 (1)e) of the Constitution that said a Nigerian cannot be elected president within 10 years of a conviction for offences brought by the Code of Conduct Bureau.

“A person shall not be qualified for election to the office of President if within a period of less than ten years before the date of the election to the office of President he has been convicted and sentenced for an offence involving dishonesty or he has been found guilty of the contravention of the Code of Conduct,” the section said.

Mrs Obe, however, left out the preceding section of the Constitution, Section 137 (1)(d), that disqualified anyone who had been fined for any offences in the past from becoming president. That section, which applies to Mr Tinubu’s forfeiture of over $460,000 due to drug crimes in Chicago in 1993, did not give any timeline under which a convict can be released to run for Nigeria’s presidency.

It only said: “A person shall not be qualified for election to the office of President if 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.”

In 2014, the Supreme Court defined forfeiture as punishment for an offence under Nigerian criminal statutes.

“The word “forfeiture” means – “the divestiture of property without compensation. The loss of a right, privilege, or property because of a crime, breach of obligation, or neglect of duty,” the court ruled on January 17, 2014, in Mohammed Abacha and the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

“A person who has forfeited property on the basis of a crime cannot be entitled to indemnity. Forfeiture is a form of punishment. There is no indemnity in our criminal procedure,” the court further stated in a majority decision delivered by now-Chief Justice Olukayode Ariwoola.

Mr Tinubu’s drug case is among the key grounds for Mr Tinubu’s disqualification in the election petition filed by Labour Party’s presidential candidate Peter Obi against the declaration of Mr Tinubu as president-elect in the February 25 presidential election.

Mr Onanuga’s aggression on Mr Obi’s supporters comes as Nigerian security agencies are warning citizens to tone down confrontation on social media.

https://gazettengr.com/tinubus-drug-business-was-over-10-years-ago-he-can-be-president-now-bayo-onanuga/

So Evans can come after 10 years and decide he wants to be President? What about Uduak Akpan the guy who murdered Hinny Umoren? Or even Bello Turji the Boko Haram bandit? They can all become president in 10 years according to Bayo Onanuga school of politics. Yeye dey smell.

He is an old man

Lol

Once a drug lord, always a drug Lord.

&that claim by Keyamo that Tinubu mistakenly shared apartment with Drug Lords in US...
Is just like the claim that Bullion Van mistakenly entered Tinubu's house on eve of election day.

Tinubu won the elections quite free an fair , Obidients and Atiku handed him that election because of their Short-sightedness

This people still don't get it , if an ex convict can't run for presidency why would an ex drug mull

At that age? 😕😕

Gradually, they are beginning to admit that Bola Tinubu was a drug baron in Chicago.

If only Nigeria was a society with morals, someone who made money from selling crack cocaine wouldn't even think of running for president here.

Tinubu has a criminal past and can't be President. Even if na hundred years ago.

Mistaken??

SmartPolician:
Gradually, they are beginning to admit that Bola Tinubu was a drug baron in Chicago.

If only Nigeria was a society with morals, someone who made money from selling crack cocaine wouldn't even think of running for president here.

but other politicians do far worse than Tinubu



Or are you telling me that stealinh is far more better than drug trafficking



This is why sane people dont take you guys serious 😒

At least they admitted that Tinubu is a drug lord.

They should keep on indicting themselves

Let's see how supreme Court will evade all this evidences the world is watching

All these online rantings by obedients won't solve nada.
The more you express your frustrations at every thing that concerns BAT, the more your pains continues.
Embark on the healing process and get peace for your soul.
Case is in court already. Allow court to handle the case.
You can't be on the street and in the court at the same time.

So Tinubu is a criminal

Arrest him asap for lying to INEC in 1999

He was not qualified to become governor of Lagos then

doublewisdom:
Tinubu has a criminal past and can't be President. Even if na hundred years ago.

In USA, you can't even contest for anything if you once had a criminal record.

Whao! So any condemned criminal can just arise from anywhere tomorrow and then start contesting for the highest office in the land.The APC is filled with many despicable criminals.

FFK told Nigerians about Tinubu's drug trafficking offences in the US.For wanting Tinubu to be president of Nigeria after emerging from the most deceptive and fraudulent election process means FFK & Tinubu people are the real trouble makers

Felabrity:
So Tinubu is a criminal.Arrest him asap for lying to INEC in 1999 .He was not qualified to become governor of Lagos then

Bastard criminal

[center] so? [/center]
So?

kettykin:
This people still don't get it , if an ex convict can't run for presidency why would an ex drug mull

Obasanjo is an ex convict o...baba even cane out directly from prison to become president.....

As long as Tinubu was not convicted.....that case will be thrown out.....more so our judiciary can be interesting sometimes......innthe US Trump's election cases were never entertained at the supreme Court. They were all thrown out to avoid constitutional crisis

IgOga:


Obasanjo is an ex convict o...baba even cane out directly from prison to become president.....

As long as Tinubu was not convicted.....that case will be thrown out.....more so our judiciary can be interesting sometimes......innthe US Trump's election cases were never entertained at the supreme Court. They were all thrown out to avoid constitutional crisis

Obasenjo was not convicted for any crime
It was the military that arrested him.
So know the difference

Thats a lie...he rigged the election with INEC

FarahAideed:
Tinubu won the elections quite free an fair , Obidients and Atiku handed him that election because of their Short-sightedness

I want to advise Peter Obi and his team to wake up seriously and speak up powerfully without any fear. By all means possible, Tinubu who has a case of drug trafficking should doesn't have the integrity to become the President of Nigeria.

He has too many criminal records and he cannot become the President. I expect other sane minds among the elites speak up.

We can't be watching injustice with our eyes wide open and shut our mouths. The way it is looking, seems most sane Nigerians are under spell...

Let's take to the street and protest heavily. Nigeria belongs to Nigerians and not to some corrupt politicians. The more people they arrest, the better for the future of this Country.

Obi and his team should be bold enough. Nigerians are waiting for them to take a bold step while we follow gallantry.

INEC Chairman is a huge disgrace.

rippa:

Obasenjo was not convicted for any crime
It was the military that arrested him.
So know the difference

He was convicted of a military coup. Treason o

rippa:

Obasenjo was not convicted for any crime
It was the military that arrested him.
So know the difference

small boy.. obasanjo was arrested for coup felony....

walefresh3:
small boy.. obasanjo was arrested for coup felony....

And it was false! That's why he was released. Coup ko coup ni! Yet you voted the coupist Buhari twice.

Seunmsg, leodeking, etc, finally, you are all agreeing that Tinubu actually got involved in drug dealing. Your shameless denial is gradually becoming acceptance.

walefresh3:
small boy.. obasanjo was arrested for coup felony....

That is different from criminality.
Na military affairs den.
Tinubu was a drug pusher

Mtchew..

Twisted story..

He never said what OP claimed he said..

It's a big SHAME. That's all I have to say.

IgOga:




He was convicted of a military coup. Treason o

I wondered how coup plotting which was normal during the days of military suddenly being compared to a civilian pushing drugs.
Is it that we no longer have brains in this country?