minister of works and housing, Babatunde Fashola, says the allegations against Bola Tinubu, president-elect, are “unproven”.
Speaking in an interview, Fashola said the outcome of the presidential election showed that Nigerians were not bothered about the controversies trailing Tinubu.
On March 1, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Tinubu, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), as the winner of the February 25 election.
In the build-up to the election, there were questions about the educational background, exact age, family ties, and source of wealth of the former governor of Lagos.
The forfeiture of $460,000 by Tinubu to the US government in 1993 over alleged involvement in illicit drug trafficking equally elicited questions about his personality.
Asked during the interview why Tinubu is always the subject of controversy in terms of exact age and name, Fashola said the former Lagos has a history of prevailing over difficult situations to achieve success.