By Pascal Oparada (Social Media/Tech Reporter)
The national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has owned up to the bullion van spotted near his house on Friday.
Tinubu was asked by a Channels Television reporter if he is the owner of the van and he responded and said he does not work for the government and not also a contractor and therefore free to move money around.
“Let anybody come and prove that I have been awarded a contract in this present administration. I am on my own and I work for the best interest of my party.
“I don’t work for any government agencies. If I have money and I decided to start sharing it, what is your headache?” Tinubu said.
Tinubu made his position known to newsmen shortly after casting his vote in Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly elections.
Tinubu, who voted alongside his wife, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, said since there has been no report that the bullion vans contained electoral materials, he had committed no offence.
He also said he had not stolen government money.
He said he has had no contact with government money in any way in the last five years.
Tinubu told newsmen: “What is your issue with bullion vans in my house?
“I have not done any government business in the last five years.
“So I didn’t steal government money.
“And the bullion van was not said to contain election materials.
“So what offence have I committed.
“I have had no contact with government money in the last five years.
“So I don’t see why that should be anybody’s problem.
“It is my money.
Last week, it was reported that the APC leader was heard on audio asking people to go out and vote that he will pay them. Although he denied the report, his admittance of the bullion van casts doubts on his denial.
A bullion van can contain more N2 billion naira cash and this contravenes the Money Laundering Act.
