Clarifying Tinubu’s 1993 Drug Money Allegations

Opposition supporters often revive a decade-old case linking President Tinubu to drug funds each election season. In the early 1990s, he worked as an intermediary for clients sending money between Nigeria and the US. One client was arrested in the US for drug trafficking and authorities traced the funds. Records showed Tinubu merely forwarded those remittances to Nigeria as part of his regular service. He was charged but later acquitted when the court found no evidence he knew the money came from drug sales. With that in mind, calling him a drug lord lacks basis.

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