Dele Alake Clears 'Air' Tinubu's Source Of Wealth, Says 'He Has Been Trading Stocks' |READ FULL
AFNews Reporter
Sep 12, 2022
Following the controversies that have engrossed the All Progressive Congress (APC) Presidential flagbearer, Bola Tinubu' source of wealth, the Director of Strategic Communication of the ruling APC Presidential Campaign Council, Dele Alake, has come out to clear the air about it.
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Alake who featured on Channels Television's Sunday Politics attributed the source of Tinubu's wealth to investment in the stocks of blue chip companies.
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"What I know is that right from his days in the corporate world, he has been trading in stocks, and he himself said so.
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"He has been buying stocks and bonds and all of that. I am not a finance person. So, I am not going to be interested in the nitty-gritty of it all. But I know he has been trading in stocks.
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"I know that when you trade in stocks and you are a finance person, you know how to juggle the stock market and all of that. Those who are adept at it know what I am talking about. They wouldn't start questioning how he made his money from stocks.
"He was buying stocks of blue chip companies and all of that. He was making money and he was spending money. He has been doing all of these years before he got into office.ÔÇØ
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Critics and opponents of the former Lagos State governor have continued to call his wealth into question with some accusing him of corruption and of covertly owning stakes in companies. But Mr Tinubu and his allies have continued to reject the claims and insist that he earned his wealth legitimately.
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With elections approaching, those questions have increased but Mr Alake believes they are the result of the "pull-him-downÔÇØ syndrome, jealousy, and hatred.
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"Why people are querying the source of his wealth is because he had been a successful governor of Lagos and a successful politician even after office,ÔÇØ he said.
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"He is about the only one of the class of 1999 who is at that enviable political height today. He is bound to attract all of these negative comments.ÔÇØ
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Mr Alake stressed that he knew Tinubu to have been spending money and to have been wealthy even before he got into office.
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That, to him, was crucial.
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"He made his money well before he got into office. I think what is important to Nigerians, really, is to know that this man was not a pauper before he came into office, like some others,ÔÇØ he said.
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Mr Alake declined to reveal whether or not Tinubu owns or has investments in any company in Nigeria.
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He said, "What is my business about the company that he owns in Nigeria? If tomorrow you become like Bola Ahmed Tinubu, why should I be bothering about the companies you own as long as it is not proved that you have taken the money of your state or whatever company you work for?
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"It is not proven and you are not indicted in any court of law. Why should I now be bothering my head?
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"It is an extraneous issue and, like I always say, pandering to the whims and caprices of those who are jealous and extremely envious and suffering from OCH, obsessive-compulsive hatred, of Asiwaju.ÔÇØ
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— AFNews Reporter