• There has been widespread reports that the Economic & Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), is investigating APC National Leader, Bola Tinubu for financial fraud.
• Asiwaju’s media aide has debunked rumours that the former Lagos State Governor has been served an asset declaration form by the CCB.

A spokesperson of Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu, National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has denied receiving any letter from the Code of Conduct Bureau requesting Tinubu’s asset declaration form.

As gathered by EKO HOT BLOG, Tunde Rahman, Tinubu’s media aide said on Wednesday that the rumoured letter, which has been making the rounds on various media is yet to be served to Asiwaju’s camp.

Recall that there has been viral reports that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is investigating the former Lagos State Government for financial malfeasance and has written a letter to the CCB, requesting copies of Tinubu’s asset declaration form.

A copy of the letter had revealed that the investigation into Tinubu began last year after the removal of former Chairman, Ibrahim Magu.
The letter marked CR/3000/EFCC/LS/Vol4/322, dated November 6, 2020, was signed by the then Lagos zonal head, Abdulrasheed Bawa, who is now the Chairman of the EFCC.

Reacting to the viral media reports, Rahman said he did not know about such a letter.

He said, “All the reports say that the EFCC wrote a letter to the CCB, seeking information about Asiwaju’s declaration form. Why don’t you contact the CCB if any such letter was written to us? I don’t know; I don’t have any reaction to that. Contact the CCB if the letter was written to them.”

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In the letter by the EFCC, the commission had said, “In view of the above, you are kindly requested to furnish the commission with the outstanding requested information of Bola Ahmed Adekunle Tinubu.
“This request is made pursuant to Section 38(1) and (2) of the EFCC Act 2004.”

According to a report by The Punch, a high ranking EFCC official confirmed the letter’s authenticity, noting that it was part of a broader probe.

The official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said the probe came on the heels of petitions written against Tinubu since 2018, which Magu had failed to address.

The source said, “The letter is authentic. The EFCC receives several petitions against Tinubu, including one involving alleged fraud in Alpha Beta Consulting.”

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