![]() So, it was his party then, out of pure autistic motive that they wanted to unravel the truth of the matter, so as not to make mistake in the choice of their would-be candidate. This was to determine if they should give Tinubu the AD ticket for re-election. So, the chairman of AD at the time, Prince Ogunleye, was forced to write to the CP Lagos State, Mr Arabame, now late, asking him to get in touch with his law enforcement colleagues in the US to confirm the veracity or otherwise of the document. This same paper was obtained, and the same paper was submitted to AD (defunct Alliance for Democracy) screening committee. This, of course, happened twenty years ago, these same allegations, nothing more than that. Because they were scared that perhaps, many of those petitions that were written against Tinubu, may have some substance and they were these allegations like you have said. So, the screening committee at that time has to raise alarm to the party that they did not want to put the ticket of the party in Lagos State in a danger. There were several petitions from even his party, the Alliance for Democracy (AD). But what was the background to that? The background to that was that in 2003, months preceding the re-election of Tinubu as governor of Lagos State. ![]() Officially, they wrote back, one Michael Bonnette, wrote back at the time saying that there was no criminal indictment, no conviction, and nothing of sort regarding Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Yes, there is a simplistic letter, a letter that is simple enough, we can go straight to that first of all, from the US government in 2003, that says that that letter was signed by the legal attaché to the US Embassy in Lagos, which said that they investigated or made inquiries from the government of the United States and they came to a conclusion. But let me go straight to the issues you have mentioned. But if you ask me, none of these allegations deserve any explanation again because they have been explained over and over again. ![]() Being here today is really out of deference to perhaps young voters who may think that these are new issues and out of respect to Nigerians generally to come and further explain. No, those are not fresh facts, they are not new issues, these issues have been in the public domain for more than twenty years and the issue has been sufficiently addressed and dismissed. You saw some blogs and online news sites making those normal wide introductions like breaking news, just in, fresh facts. The issue is not new, so, let me, first of all, clarify that. This is all a storm in a teacup and nothing more than that.
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