The Presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has threatened to sue some media organisation’s over alleged fake news and assassination of his character
The threat came amid the circulation of alleged document purportedly linked to Tinubu revealing the forfeiture of $460,000 to the US District Court for drug related offences about 30 years ago.
The documents did not also show that Tinubu was arrested or tried for offences relating to drug dealings
The Tinubu Campaign organisation however said that the forfeiture was for taxes not paid on income accruing to the former Lagos Governor.
The Director, Media and Publicity, APC Presidential Campaign Council, Bayo Onanuga,in a statement on Saturday on his Facebook page said a suit would be filed over the case “sooner than later.”
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Onanuga accused media organisations of being paid by Abubakar Atiku, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and Peter Obi, the Labour Party, LP, presidential standard bearer to spread fake news against Tinubu.
According to him, “All those people, including Arise TV, BusinessDay, and Channels TV spreading fake news and assassinating the character of Asiwaju Tinubu will meet us in court sooner than later.
“You have all thrown professionalism and objectivity to Jabi Lake because you are playing the script of your master puppeteers, Atiku and Peter Obi. The height of your shenanigans today was the wide use of a fake INEC statement,” he said.
