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Ikemefuna Okeke (or Karl Von Batten), who made the allegation that "Tinubu smuggled heroin into America" in the 1990's and where is the evidence? You claim that the U.S. Government and the DEA made the allegation but if this is the case kindly tell us where and when. The allegation about the funds was made by the U.S. Department of Justice in a verified civil forfeiture complaint filed 26 July 1993 in the Northern District of Illinois (No. 93 C 4483), supported by an IRS affidavit that cited FBI/DEA/IRS work on a Chicago heroin ring. That is an allegation against PROPERTY, not a finding that Tinubu personally smuggled heroin. Being a subject of an investigation into a drug-trafficking operation that did not result in an arrest, indictment, prosecution or conviction cannot be equated to being involved in drug trafficking in the 1990's or at any other time. Investigation is not proof of involvement. Civil forfeiture is an action against property, not a criminal verdict against a person. I repeat, the 1993 complaint and 2026 FBI declaration show an investigation and a civil settlement over funds, not a finding that Tinubu personally smuggled heroin. Repeating that ‘the FBI alleged he was a smuggler’ without making that distinction is manifestly dishonest. Anything beyond that is an inference, not a proven fact. A paid narrative is not a verdict. Again when you say it is an "understatement" to say that the Nigerian Government is corrupt, I ask, where is your evidence? I challenge you to show your evidence that the entire Federal Government is corrupt. Just because you say something over and over again does not make it true. Like any other country, including the United States of America, Nigeria has its own fair share of corrupt and criminal elements but to allege that the entire Federal Government of Nigeria is corrupt as you have done or to claim that all Nigerians are criminals and corrupt like others have done is utterly absurd and deeply insulting. I reiterate the fact that President Tinubu has never been indicted or convicted of any criminal offence by any court of law. I confirm the fact that in 1993 a civil complaint in America sought the forfeiture of funds and the amount forfeited was $460,000 whilst a larger proportion seized from the same accounts amounting to approximately 1 million USD was returned. I assert the fact that a paid opposition lobbyist does NOT get to blackball Nigeria's President from Washington. (FFK)
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