Presidential Election: APC Rubbishes Petition Submitted To EFCC Against Tinubu

By Bimbo Ogunnaike

The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has described the petition submitted to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC), against its National Leader, Bola Tinubu as worthless without an element of truth.

The state chapter of the ruling party dared those behind the petition to come up with proof that Tinubu had stolen any money.

It would be recalled that the  convener of Concerned Nigerians, Deji Adeyanju had on Friday submitted a petition to the EFCC to investigate Tinubu over the source of money allegedly conveyed in bullion vans to his residence during the 2019 Presidential election.

“To the best of our knowledge, Mr Bola Ahmed Tinubu is a private citizen who ordinarily should not be seen with a convoy of Bullion Vans, ” the group said in the petition

“The commission would recall that it was reported all over the news that Bullion Vans allegedly containing an undisclosed amount of cash were seen entering the home of Bola Ahmed Tinubu, former governor of Lagos State on the eve of Nigeria’s presidential elections. Tinubu himself admitted to this fact while responding to questions by journalists,” the explained

“What are Bullion Vans doing in the house of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu? Who owns the content, believing to be cash in the Bullion Vans that were seen entering the house of Bola Ahmed Tinubu on the eve of Nigerian presidential elections?Has the commission, based on its core mandates, investigated the source of the Bullion Vans?” the group asked.

Adeyanju, who had called on the commission to swing into action and begin an investigation into the appearance of those Bullion Vans, added that Nigaria as a nation cannot have two separate rules for fighting corruption, one for those opposed to the ruling party and another for supporters of the government.

In his own comment, the spokesperson of the party in Lagos State, Abiodun Salami, however, dismissed the petition against Tinubu.

Speaking with a national newspaper on Sunday , Salami said: “Let them come up with the proof. The man is a private citizen and he has been out of government for the past 12 years.

“If he has decided to spend his money on his party, how is that a problem? Let them come up with a proof that somebody’s money is missing.”