Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s Special Assistant on
Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, has accused President Bola Tinubu of
making attempts to block the release of the details of his alleged criminal
investigation by American authorities.
He made the accusation in a statement released on Thursday
in Abuja.
Tinubu’s lawyers in the US had early in the week filed
motions to appear in an ongoing freedom of information action brought against
the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
where records that may help answer questions about Bola A. Tinubu’s real
identity and decades-long endeavours are domiciled.
Christopher Carmichael, one of the lawyers who represented
Tinubu in the recent Chicago State University (CSU) records case, filed the
motion, dated October 18, 2023, stating that he was a lawyer in good standing
to appear in the case in the FOIA lawsuit underway in Washington D.C.
Reacting to the development, however, Atiku’s aide said
Tinubu’s constant attempts to hide details of his past were unbecoming of a man
ruling over 200 million people.
He said, “I think it is time for all Nigerians to express
serious concern about this man named Bola A. Tinubu, if at all that is his real
name.
“Some members of the Tinubu family, led by Rafiu Tinubu, a
former Lagos State Head of Service, claimed they don’t know him. Some schools
he attended denied him; he has now kept mute over the primary and secondary
schools he attended, and he has refused to reveal the identity of his father
and even his past.
“He refused to come clean on the details of his settlement
with American authorities amid his drug trafficking probe. Now, an attempt is
being made to reveal the true details of an investigation, but he has gone
ahead trying and block it.
“His surrogates led by Mr Festus Keyamo, had said during the
electioneering that the drug investigation launched against him back in 1992
was a tax related matter. So, if that is the case, why is he afraid to let the
FBI release the documents?.”
Atiku’s aide called on US authorities to see themselves as
the last hope of Nigerians since most Nigerian courts had blocked all attempts
to unveil Bola A. Tinubu.
He added, “Tinubu has been able to deceive Nigerians by
keeping his past a secret. Sadly, every attempt by well-meaning Nigerians to
unveil him has been blocked by the courts. In Lagos State, where he has ruled
for decades, the state has refused to honour FOI requests.
“Nigerians are now looking up to US authorities to do the
needful so that they can, at least, have the true information on the person who
is presiding over their lives. We call on American authorities not to be
persuaded to stop the release the documents.
Shaibu said back in 2007, Rafiu Tinubu, a former Lagos State
Head of Service, authored a book entitled , ‘Onijumu Wura: The Tinubu Dynasty
of Kakawa’, in order to unveil Tinubu.
“Unfortunately, shortly after that book was launched, all
the copies were miraculously mopped up. Till date, no one can find a copy of
the book.
“Nigerians have a right to know about the past record of
their president. Unfortunately, each time an opportunity comes up for Nigerians
to have his full glance, Tinubu makees attempt to block such discoveries.
“We recall that when his academic records at the Chicago
State University were to be released, President Tinubu said such discovery
would cause him irreparable damage.
“Bola A. Tinubu is, yet again, playing the stalling games
with the decision of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to release documents
on his past while he was in the United States.
“Bola A. Tinubu must behave like a statesman and be decent
enough to know that each time he comes around to frustrate a discovery about
him, he embarrasses a country of over 200 million people”, he said.
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