Ejimakor: Tinubu Was Not Charged or Convicted in US Forfeiture Case

Lawyer Aloy Ejimakor says the 1993 US forfeiture of $460,000 from accounts linked to President Bola Tinubu was a civil asset-forfeiture case, not a criminal conviction. He argued that the case was brought against the funds under US civil-forfeiture law and ended in a settlement without a judicial finding that Tinubu was guilty of a crime. He contrasted this with criminal forfeiture, which requires a personal conviction. Ejimakor said critics may still raise moral and public-office concerns over the allegations surrounding the funds. However, he maintained that the legal record does not show that Tinubu was charged, tried or convicted of a crime in the matter.

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