US Drug Case: Tribunal dismisses Peter Obi’s petition against Tinubu, says it’s a civil matter

The Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) has dismissed a petition filed 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, and his party, the Labour Party (LP).

In the petition, Obi and LP alleged that President Bola Tinubu was not qualified to contest the general election, considering his forfeiture of $460,000 to the United States government in charges linked to narcotics.

The court held that that trial and conviction by a court is the only way to prove Tinubu was guilty of the allegation.

It noted that the case was a civil forfeiture case as it is a unique remedy that rests on the property being the target and not the person.

NewsWireNGR reports that due to a 1993 Illinois court judgment, Tinubu forfeited $460,000 in two of his bank accounts.

The forfeiture was the outcome of an investigation that linked over $2 million in several of Tinubu’s bank accounts to proceeds from the heroin trafficking of Adegboyega Mueez Akande and Abiodun Agbele, Chicago drug kingpins.

The case was in the civil docket of the United States North District Court Illinois.