January 1992
January 1992, Tinubu became the subject of a US federal investigation into heroin trafficking and money laundering in Illinois, Chicago.
July 26 1993
Signed copies of the US court document show bank accounts in Tinubu’s name were linked with drug trafficking and money laundering.
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.
A certified true copy of the US court judgment resurfaced ahead of the 2023 general elections putting the president-elect’s past trouble with US law enforcement agencies in the spotlight.
