A Civil Rights Group on the aegis of ‘Center for Reform and Public Advocacy’, on Tuesday served the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), a 7-day ultimatum to arrest and prosecute the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu over allegations of hard drusg and money laundering related offences.
The group in a letter dated November 8, 2022, signed by its Legal Adviser, Mr. Kalu Agu, an Abuja based legal practitioner, said that the United States of America filed criminal charges against Tinubu at the United States District Court in September 1993 in case number 93C4483, stressing that Tinubu was found guilty of money Laundering and drug related offences.
Agu further said that based on his indictment, Tinubu was said to have on October 4, 1993 forfeited $460, 000 in his bank account number 263226700 domiciled at First Heritage Bank to the US government.
The rights group’s letter addressed to the Chairman of the Anti-drug agency was received and signed by an officer in the Registry of the NDLEA and a copy sighted by Forefront News in Abuja.
The Rights Group which attached certified true copy of the US Court judgment which convicted Tinubu as part of its additional evidence to its letter of request for the arrest and prosecution of the APC Presidential candidate’s arrest, said that the judgment was signed by Michael Shepard, a United States Attorney and Marsha McClellan, Assistant United States Attorney.
Letter further stated; “Also attached to the letter are the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), bearing Tinubu Bola Adekunle and a Chicago State University in the name of Bola A. Tinubu to establish accuracy in the name”.
