UberFacts circulates Nigerian president-elect’s cocaine business to public

UBerFacts, a credible fact-checking platform, exposes Nigeria's president-elect Bola Tinubu's legal troubles with US authorities, which saw him pay $460,000 in ill-gotten proceeds from cocaine trafficking to the US government in 1993.

According to the platform on twitter, “In 1993, Bola Ahmed Tinubu surrendered $460,000 to the US government after a Chicago court found the income came from heroin trafficking,” UberFacts shared on twitter.

UberFacts shared it on Monday Night with its 13.5 million global audience, the platform attached an article from Peoples Gazette which detailed Mr Tinubu’s criminal run-in with the foreign authorities. Peoples Gazette posted on November 8, 2022 read here

In 1993, Bola Ahmed Tinubu surrendered $460,000 to the US government after a Chicago court found the income came from heroin trafficking pic.twitter.com/aRzrTXJtl4

— UberFacts (@UberFacts) April 9, 2023