TINUBU’S AMERICAN FILES ARE A NATIONAL DISGRACE—NIGERIA CANNOT CONTINUE LIKE THIS
By Kio Amachree�Letters from Stockholm
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The entire controversy surrounding Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s American files is a profound national embarrassment. It is extremely damaging to Nigeria’s reputation and makes us look like fools for allowing a man burdened by so many unanswered questions to become President of the Federal Republic.
It is difficult enough defending Nigeria internationally without having to explain this rubbish. How am I supposed to look South Africans, bankers, colleagues and other international associates in the eye when they raise the subject of Bola Tinubu, his associates and the persistent allegations surrounding them?
This is not merely Tinubu’s headache. It has become Nigeria’s headache—a terrible advertisement for more than 230 million Nigerians and for every Nigerian living abroad.
We must resolve this crisis urgently. The longer it continues, the tighter the noose becomes around the reputation of the Nigerian state. Nigeria is crying out from the depths of hell to be saved from corruption, criminality, insecurity, incompetence and the organised plunder of its future.
Every member of this political network against whom credible evidence exists must be properly investigated and, where the evidence justifies it, arrested and prosecuted through due process. There must be no more stories of people accused of grave crimes against Nigeria disappearing for a few years and then returning as ministers, governors, senators or presidential advisers.
Let it be known: blatant criminality will no longer be normalised. It is wrong. It is un-African. It is a crime against the soul of Nigeria.
We know many of the people who have contributed to the instability destroying the North. We know the names of individuals accused of pocketing public money. We know the contractors, political godfathers, election manipulators and enablers who have grown wealthy while ordinary Nigerians have been pushed into hunger and desperation.
At the centre of this national disaster stands an ageing and deeply controversial President whose past dealings with American authorities remain the subject of intense public scrutiny. The documented 1993 United States civil forfeiture proceedings, the continuing struggle over FBI and DEA records, and the extraordinary secrecy surrounding those records raise questions that cannot be silenced with propaganda.
Tinubu was not criminally convicted in that forfeiture matter, and he has denied wrongdoing. But that does not erase the documented forfeiture, nor does it answer the serious questions Nigerians continue to ask. Any further claim that he worked as an American intelligence asset must be proved by evidence.
Nevertheless, the conduct of American agencies and their resistance to disclosure have understandably deepened public suspicion.
A President should not have his name repeatedly discussed alongside allegations involving narcotics proceeds, forfeited funds, the FBI, the DEA and claims concerning intelligence agencies. Whether every allegation is eventually proved or disproved, the situation itself is intolerable and humiliating for Nigeria.
Tinubu has no business leading 230 million Africans while these fundamental questions about his identity, history, associations and dealings remain unanswered. He has no right leading a goat, let alone Africa’s most populous country, if it is established that he obtained power through deception, fraud or unlawful conduct.
This affair strikes at the heart of Nigerian independence. Sixty-five years after the British flag was lowered, Nigeria should not be governed by anyone whose loyalty to the Nigerian people is reasonably in doubt or whose administration enables the continued exploitation of the country by foreign and domestic interests.
I did not devote my life to education and public affairs merely to remain silent while wickedness condemns millions of Nigerians to misery and pain. If Nigeria were stable, secure and governed by competent, patriotic people—if it had a functioning economy, reliable institutions and genuine opportunities—I believe millions of Nigerians abroad would begin returning home.
Instead, our country exports its most talented citizens while importing debt, corruption, insecurity and humiliation.
This nonsense must stop.
Tinubu must either answer every legitimate question with verifiable evidence, resign, or be voted out of office. If it is proved that a person obtained Nigeria’s highest office through deception, then that person cannot hide indefinitely behind the title of President. A mandate secured unlawfully is not a democratic mandate.
The DSS and the police are always ready to arrest ordinary citizens who speak against injustice. Let us see whether these institutions possess the courage and independence to investigate powerful people when credible evidence points in their direction.
No one should be arrested merely because of political opposition, and no allegation should replace evidence. But neither should political office become immunity from investigation. The law must apply equally to the poor citizen on the street and the man sitting inside Aso Rock.
I am no longer prepared to soften my language to protect the feelings of those destroying Nigeria. I will call corruption corruption, deception deception, and national betrayal national betrayal.
Nigeria belongs to Nigerians—not to one political family, one criminal network, one foreign government or one collection of corrupt enablers.
The files must be disclosed to the fullest extent permitted by law. The allegations must be independently investigated. Anyone found guilty must face justice. Nigeria’s institutions must finally decide whether they serve the Constitution and the Nigerian people—or whether they exist merely to protect the powerful.
Nigeria must be rescued, and the rescue must begin now.
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