Phrank Shaibu, an aide to Atiku Abubakar, presidential
candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says Bola Tinubu, standard
bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC), will do well not to compare
himself to Warren Buffet, one of the world’s richest men.
In a recent interview with BBC, Tinubu was asked about the
source of his wealth and he responded by saying that he inherited a great deal
of real estate and made investments like Buffet.
In a statement on Sunday, Shaibu faulted the claim, saying
that the former governor, told a Lagos house of assembly committee set up to
probe his academic records in 1999, that he couldn’t complete his secondary
education because his family was so poor.
“So how did Tinubu, whose family was too poor to send him to school despite a free education policy at the time, inherit properties from the same family? This is obvious balderdash,” he said.
“Tinubu would do well
to stop comparing himself with Warren Buffet whose source of wealth has never
been linked to narcotics by US authorities.”
Shaibu said Tinubu is not brave enough to reveal the source
of his wealth.
“Bola Tinubu is a man who publicly boasted in Osun state in
2018 that he was richer than Osun. In 2019, he had bullion vans on his premises
in Ikoyi and admitted to sharing money with his supporters,” he said.
“When he was
challenged by journalists, he said he was not a government contractor. So, what
is his source of wealth?
“Nigerians must not be deceived by a man who claims to have
transformed a state on the surface but has actually turned it into his personal
fiefdom. Tinubu should stop beating about the bush and be man enough to
disclose his source of wealth.”
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