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Tinubu already wealthy before politics, says Dele Alake

  • ‘His wealth came from trading in foreign stocks’

The Director of Strategic Communication of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council, Dele Alake has defended the source of wealth of the party’s presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, saying he has known Tinubu to be wealthy before politics.

Alake stated this in an interview on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, noting that Tinubu had been trading in foreign stocks over the years to build his wealth.

He attributed the source of Tinubu’s wealth to investment in the stocks of blue chip companies.

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