PDP Asks Court to Declare Tinubu Ineligible to Contest •Insists former Lagos governor cannot stand for election by virtue of Section 137 Adedayo Akinwale in Abuja The Atiku/Okowa Campaign Organisation
in Abuja
He said Nigerians were not unaware of the matter concerning Tinubu, with respect of his “criminal” conviction and sentencing by a court of competent jurisdiction in the United States over a case of trafficking in narcotic for which Tinubu forfeited the sum of $460,000 to the state. Ologbondiyan pointed out that it was already established that trafficking in narcotics was an international crime which all nations were obligated by international conventions and statutes to arrest, prosecute and implement any court judgment imposed on offenders anywhere in the world, as well as the consequential effects of such judgements.
“The import of the foregoing is that under the 1999 Constitution , having been so convicted and fined and having acceded to the sentencing by way of forfeiture of $460,000 and having not received any State pardon or acquitted by any court of competent jurisdiction, Asiwaju Tinubu remains a convict and the consequential effect is that he cannot contest election at any level in Nigeria.
Against this background, Ologbondiyan said the PDP campaign was heading to court to file for accelerated hearing in the interest of the nation.
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