He further said that Tinubu was connected to the drug trafficking case involving two Nigerians who had previously shared an apartment in the same building as the ex-governor in the US.
He said that Asiwaju tried to register an account but that the address was already used by those who were being looked into for drug use.
Not a Willful Act
Keyamo said that Tinubu was not a drug cartel treasurer but rather a worker for Mobil Oil.
According to him, Tinubu made investments in the form of deposits into US bank accounts and earned returns.
According to the spokesperson, Tinubu was not “deliberate” in failing to deduct taxes from the investments as required by law. Instead, the banks failed to do so.
He kept the money there and earned income on his deposits, which bankers referred to as investments. According to the US authorities, he had not paid taxes on those interests. That is all, and what do you know? The banks are required to take the tax out at the source.
Only one of the 10 accounts, the one at Heritage Bank, had $460,000 in interest that was subject to tax because of the investment the person made in those accounts.
Keyamo, who is also the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, said that not all of the money at Heritage Bank had been seized; instead, just $460,000 had been taken as tax.
PDP traveled to the US to freshen up a document.
Keyamo asserted that Tinubu had not been charged with a crime or found guilty, and claimed that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was responsible for the resurfacing of the contentious court document.
When Tinubu’s political profile is increasing, when he wants to run for office, or whenever there is a political turn in his life, “His (Tinubu’s) adversaries keep bringing up these concerns,” Keyamo said.
With Atiku Abubakar of the PDP and Peter Obi of the Labour Party also in the running for the top position in Aso Rock in 2023, many observers have dubbed the election a “three-horse race.”
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