More trouble for Tinubu over $460,000 forfeiture as US firm denies employing him

A United States firm, Deloitte, has denied knowledge of any Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, ever working for them.

Tinubu had said he earned $1.8m in bonuses from Deloitte.

In a statement, the US company said it had no Tinubu’s record in its system.

Deloitte is a leading audit and consulting company in the US.

An investigative journalist, David Hundeyin, said he subpoenaed Deloitte USA for the employment records of the APC candidate.

Earlier on Sunday, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had sought Tinubu’s disqualification on the ground of Section 137 of the 1999 Constitution, because of the alleged involvement in the forfeiture of $460,000.

The PDP claimed there should be no forfeiture in the first place if there was no criminal conspiracy.

But this new development was contrary to Tinubu’s revelation in an interview he granted.

In the interview with TheNews Magazine, Tinubu, a former Lagos State governor, claimed he had a salary deposit of about $1.8 million while working with Deloitte and Touche.

He said, “My bonus was $850,000 before taxes. My salaries were also being paid into the bank and I was not touching them. At the time, my salary deposit in the bank had risen to $1.8million.”

Hundeyin’s findings were posted on his verified Twitter handle, @DavidHundeyin, where it was reported that Deloitte could not produce any record with the name sent for inquiry.

Tiny u has not responded to the new twist but earlier threatened to sue anyone found to be spreading fake reports about him.