{"id":161242,"date":"2019-10-18T15:25:12","date_gmt":"2019-10-18T14:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/?p=161242"},"modified":"2019-10-18T15:47:51","modified_gmt":"2019-10-18T14:47:51","slug":"tinubus-bullion-van-efcc-requests-petitions-following-call-to-investigate-buharis-ally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/?p=161242","title":{"rendered":"Tinubu’s Bullion Van: EFCC Requests Petitions Following Call To Investigate Buhari’s Ally"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nSegun Awosanya, an activist popularly known as segalink, has asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to conduct an investigation into a bullion van that allegedly brought a large tranche of cash into Bola Tinubu’s Lagos home on the eve of the 2019 presidential election.<\/p>\n

The anti-corruption agency has requested petitions on the politicians displaying “wealth that can’t be justified”.<\/p>\n

Tinubu is was a strong ally of President Muhammadu Buhari and a
\nnational leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress.<\/p>\n

The commission had posted on its social media that it is empowered by
\nthe law to investigate anyone suspected of having illicit funds.<\/p>\n

\u201cSection 7(1) of the EFCC Establishment Act, 2004 gives us the power
\nto investigate properties of any person if it appears to the
\ncommission that the person\u2019s lifestyle and extent of the properties
\nare not justified by his source of income,\u201d the commission tweeted.<\/p>\n

Reacting to the tweet, Segalink queried the anti-graft agency for
\nkeeping mum when evidence of a bullion van was seen moving into the Bourdilion residence of Tinubu.<\/p>\n

Segalink tweeted, \u201cI\u2019m sure this section only gives you an erection when it concerns Yahoo Boys and opposition politicians.<\/p>\n

“While the miraculous self aggrandisers in bed with those the head of the EFCC worships are immune to investigation.<\/p>\n

\u201cDaylight bullion van exhibition of Bourdillon is justified right?\u201d<\/p>\n

During the 2019 presidential election, a bullion van was seen entering the house of Tinubu in Ikoyi. When the politician was quizzed about it by journalists, he dismissed the question, saying he held no public office and could choose to spend his money as he wished.<\/p>\n

The anti-graft agency, however, defended its record, insisting that it had secured convictions of former governors and other politically exposed persons.<\/p>\n

It stated, \u201cNot to toe the line of politics as you may wish but the
\nEFCC has successfully investigated, prosecuted and secured over 1, 245 convictions between 2015 and 2019 which included two former governors,
\nseveral top government functionaries both in the past and present dispensations. Applaud us.\u201d<\/p>\n

An adamant Segalink, however, posted the picture of bullion vans
\nentering Tinubu\u2019s home on the eve of the 2019 presidential election.<\/p>\n

The activist, who spearheaded the #EndSARS the movement said the EFCC should take action on the bullion van incident before it would be respected by Nigerians.<\/p>\n

He tweeted, \u201cLet me splash some colours on this to make it simpler to comprehend. Your tweet claims that all the EFCC requires to hunt down citizens is the display of wealth that can\u2019t be justified. What justified the relocation of CBN to Asiwaju\u2019s house on Bourdillon on
\nthe eve of the election?\u201d <\/p>\n

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Let me splash some colors on this to make it simpler to comprehend. Your tweet claims that all EFCC require to hunt down citizens is the display of wealth that can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t be justified. What justified the relocation of CBN to Asiwaju\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s house on Bourdillon at the eve of an election?! \u00f0\u0178\u00a4\u201d pic.twitter.com\/ZtJ9NpD8Nq<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 SEGA L’\u00c3\u00a9veilleur\u00c2\u00ae\u00f0\u0178\u0161\u00a8 (@segalink) October 16, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

The EFCC, however, asked Segalink to forward a petition to any of its offices on the matter.<\/p>\n

\u201cKindly forward your petitions to [email protected] or visit any of
\nour zonal offices or head office to submit a copy of your petition,\u201d
\nthe EFCC said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Segun Awosanya, an activist popularly known as segalink, has asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to conduct an investigation into a bullion van that allegedly brought a large tranche of cash into Bola Tinubu’s Lagos home on the eve of the 2019 presidential election. The anti-corruption agency has requested petitions on the politicians displaying […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":161243,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[2658],"class_list":["post-161242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-a"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=161242"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161242\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/161243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=161242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=161242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=161242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}