PDP Heads to Court, Wants Tinubu Declared Ineligible to Contest – THISDAYLIVE

The Atiku/Okowa Campaign Organisation said it had resolved to approach the court to declare the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress , Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as ineligible to contest the February 25 presidential election having “been convicted” in United States court.

Ologbondiyan said for the avoidance of doubt, the United States Court in sentencing 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. S1956 and 1957 and therefore these funds are forfeited to the United States pursuant to 21 U.S.C. S881 and 18 U.S.C S981”.

He said: “You will further recall that as our great Party, the Peoples Democratic Party had already established, the Presidential Candidate of the APC, having been convicted and having acceded to be guilty as charged by way of forfeiture of the $460,000, Nigeria being a signatory to International Convention is mandatorily obligated to execute the consequential effect of that conviction by virtue of Section 137 of the 1999 Constitution .

“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 of the 1999 Constitution fundamentally illegal, invalid and must be expunged immediately.” He said the country’s laws “do not permit a convict, let alone an individual convicted on account of international crime of trafficking in narcotic, to stand election at any level. Nigeria cannot afford the embarrassment of having a convict hold office at any level against our laws.”

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

This will be a test for our Justice System. The facts are there in public domain, nothing more to prove. Dealing in narcotics is an international crime. The court must not shut its eyes to it.

The Bush has really matured! We're waiting for legal fireworks! Well, it was Tinubu & APC that drew the first blood! Like when u bent down to see the next person anus, u inadvertently opened urs behind for others!

How does a man forfiet $460,000 of his hard earned money in the 80s without challenging ? 🙄🤔🤔

APC and Tinubu should counter claim.

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