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What exactly is the relationship between Nigeria's "president-elect" @officialABAT and Ousmane Diarra aka Ousmane Yara (@yara_ousmane), a Malian political fixer and suspected international cocaine trafficker? A short thread.
@DavidHundeyin - David Hundeyin
Since yesterday, this Twitter has been making the rounds on Nigerian Twitter. Apparently leaked by an insider in Tinubu's camp, the video shows Tinubu, Lagos State governor Babajide Sanwoolu and another gentleman inside a Guinean presidential helicopter.
@DavidHundeyin - David Hundeyin
There are several things to pick out from that video, but for the purpose of this thread, I will focus on the identity of the gentleman in the middle. Known as Ousmane Diarra or Ousmane Yara, he is a Malian citizen who is well-connected across West Africa
@yara_ousmane - yara ousmane
#NouvellePhotoDeProfil
@DavidHundeyin - David Hundeyin
He was apparently a powerful aide and a close confidant of former Guinean president Alpha Condé. He was important enough to be dispatched by Condé in an official capacity to mediate in diplomatic disputes involving Senegal, Libya and Egypt.
@DavidHundeyin - David Hundeyin
According to Guinean sources, he is the man responsible for obtaining a Guinean diplomatic passport - something typically reserved for birth citizens with no other nationality, subject to enhanced security checks - for Bola Tinubu. But there's a problem with his backstory.
@DavidHundeyin - David Hundeyin
This man who has apparently lived in Nigeria for several years, has also been identified and tried for being part of a cross-border drug trafficking ring which attempted to smuggle cocaine from Bamako, Mali to Dakar, Senegal. https://maliweb.net/societe/elu-president-du-nigeria-bola-tinubu-lami-fidele-dousmane-yara-3013547.html https://maliweb.net/non-classe/cour-d%E2%80%99assises-de-bamako-les-deux-policiers-finalement-blanchis-des-accusations-de-tentative-de-trafic-de-drogue-1088.html?amp=1… https://www.maliweb.net/societe/elu-president-du-nigeria-bola-tinubu-lami-fidele-dousmane-yara-3013547.html https://www.maliweb.net/non-classe/cour-d%E2%80%99assises-de-bamako-les-deux-policiers-finalement-blanchis-des-accusations-de-tentative-de-trafic-de-drogue-1088.html?amp=1
@DavidHundeyin - David Hundeyin
During the trial, which took place in 2010, the court heard that the Bamako Customs Brigade Mobile d'Intervention (BMI) unit intercepted a group of 7 drug smugglers attempting to board Air-Mali Flight 273 with 30 KG of cocaine concealed in their hand luggage.
@DavidHundeyin - David Hundeyin
For reference, according to @UNODC figures, 30KG of cocaine in 2010 would have had an average European street value of $2,460,000. After getting caught red-handed, the couriers promptly named Ousmane Yara as one of the masterminds of the operation. https://unodc.org/unodc/secured/wdr/Cocaine_Heroin_Prices.pdf https://www.unodc.org/unodc/secured/wdr/Cocaine_Heroin_Prices.pdf
@DavidHundeyin - David Hundeyin
While the case seemed airtight with the suspects immediately accepting their guilt and making confessional statements, the bags containing the 30KG of cocaine suddenly went missing in Customs custody, and the suspects soon recanted their confessions and denied involvement.
@DavidHundeyin - David Hundeyin
In the absence of this crucial physical evidence, the case unsurprisingly fell apart. Ousmaye Yara, who was identified as the cocaine supplier by the suspects who met him inside a Toyota Prado at Bamako's Hotel Massaley, thus got let off the hook. https://malijet.com/les_faits_divers_au_mali/28585-cour_d_assises_deux_policiers_et_d_autres_inculp_s_la_barre_la_m.html https://malijet.com/les_faits_divers_au_mali/28585-cour_d_assises_deux_policiers_et_d_autres_inculp_s_la_barre_la_m.html
@DavidHundeyin - David Hundeyin
The question is this: Why does Bola Ahmed Tinubu - himself an indicted drug trafficker - always seem to surround himself with those who have been involved in drug trafficking and/or organised crime? Is the question hard? Or obvious? https://t.co/AlDZRf1knQ
@UberFacts - UberFacts
@DavidHundeyin - David Hundeyin
Bonus mention: The helicopter video that has been making the rounds recently is exactly the same length (1:22) as the video below of Ousmane Yara meeting with Macky Sall on behalf of Alpha Condé, which may suggest the same person is behind both videos.
@DavidHundeyin - David Hundeyin
*Aboulaye Wade, ^^ not Macky Sall
@DavidHundeyin - David Hundeyin
Hi @elonmusk, here are some cut-and-dried cases of @USAIDNigeria corruption and money laundering you may want to look into. On January 16, 2025, just 4 days before @realDonaldTrump's inauguration, USAID made a $3.3m payment to a vendor in Nigeria called DAI Global LLC. I looked into the payment history and saw that between August 2020 and January 2025, at least $48 million of US taxpayers' money supposedly invested in Nigeria went to DAI Globall LLC, registered in Bethesda, Maryland.
@DavidHundeyin - David Hundeyin
So I looked into @DAIGlobal's activities in Nigeria and it turns out to be a run-of-the-mill "Climate NGO" which organises meetings and seminars, and stages photos with politicians, and little else. Yet nearly all of its payments from USAID in Nigeria are labeled "ALL OTHER PROFESSIONAL, SCIENTIFIC, AND TECHNICAL SERVICES." It last published an output in Nigeria in 2020. So what exactly it has reveived 48 MILLION US DOLLARS for over that period is anyone's guess. A USAID money laundering partner? CIA front organisation? State department Nigerian slush fund? Perhaps all 3? Who knows? But it gets worse.
@DavidHundeyin - David Hundeyin
Since @realDonaldTrump's inauguration on January 20, at least $799,000 of US taxpayers money has been paid by USAID to recipients in Nigeria marked "UNDISCLOSED" or "MISCELLANEOUS." At least $446,000 of these payments to "UNDISCLOSED" recipients in Nigeria was sent across 8 payments between January 29 and January 30. Meanwhile, you will remember that the US president ordered USAID to halt all payments on January 28. @USAIDNigeria disobeyed a DIRECT INSTRUCTION from the US president and spent the next 24 hours after the instruction furiously shelling out half a million dollars of US taxpayers money to recipients in Nigeria marked "UNDISCLOSED." I'll leave the implications of this to you.
@DavidHundeyin - David Hundeyin
Sources: https://www.fpds.gov/ezsearch/fpdsportal?q=nigeria+DEPARTMENT_FULL_NAME%3A%22AGENCY+FOR+INTERNATIONAL+DEVELOPMENT%22&s=FPDS.GOV&templateName=1.5.3&indexName=awardfull&x=0&y=0&sortBy=SIGNED_DATE&desc=Y https://www.fpds.gov/ezsearch/fpdsportal?q=nigeria+DEPARTMENT_FULL_NAME%3A%22AGENCY+FOR+INTERNATIONAL+DEVELOPMENT%22+UEI_NAME%3A%22DAI+GLOBAL%2C+LLC%22&s=FPDS.GOV&templateName=1.5.3&indexName=awardfull&x=0&y=0&sortBy=SIGNED_DATE&desc=Y https://www.dai.com/our-work/solutions/climate https://www.dai.com/nigeria-resource-library https://www.linkedin.com/posts/dai_our-ceo-james-jim-boomgard-was-honored-activity-7101840697967685632-TCrw/ https://dai-global-developments.com/articles/the-seeds-of-opportunity-in-nigerias-devaluation-crisis/
@DavidHundeyin - David Hundeyin
The National Assembly shouldn't only sing praise songs in worship of a drug dealer who has no electoral mandate. They should also adopt a special greeting and maybe a salute to honour this great man. They could also adopt a special symbol to show fealty. https://t.co/bYYHw9ONLa
@DavidHundeyin - David Hundeyin
What exactly is the relationship between Nigeria's "president-elect" @officialABAT and Ousmane Diarra aka Ousmane Yara (@yara_ousmane), a Malian political fixer and suspected international cocaine trafficker? A short thread.
@DavidHundeyin - David Hundeyin
Since yesterday, this Twitter has been making the rounds on Nigerian Twitter. Apparently leaked by an insider in Tinubu's camp, the video shows Tinubu, Lagos State governor Babajide Sanwoolu and another gentleman inside a Guinean presidential helicopter.
@DavidHundeyin - David Hundeyin
There are several things to pick out from that video, but for the purpose of this thread, I will focus on the identity of the gentleman in the middle. Known as Ousmane Diarra or Ousmane Yara, he is a Malian citizen who is well-connected across West Africa
@yara_ousmane - yara ousmane
#NouvellePhotoDeProfil
@DavidHundeyin - David Hundeyin
He was apparently a powerful aide and a close confidant of former Guinean president Alpha Condé. He was important enough to be dispatched by Condé in an official capacity to mediate in diplomatic disputes involving Senegal, Libya and Egypt.
@DavidHundeyin - David Hundeyin
According to Guinean sources, he is the man responsible for obtaining a Guinean diplomatic passport - something typically reserved for birth citizens with no other nationality, subject to enhanced security checks - for Bola Tinubu. But there's a problem with his backstory.
@DavidHundeyin - David Hundeyin
This man who has apparently lived in Nigeria for several years, has also been identified and tried for being part of a cross-border drug trafficking ring which attempted to smuggle cocaine from Bamako, Mali to Dakar, Senegal. https://maliweb.net/societe/elu-president-du-nigeria-bola-tinubu-lami-fidele-dousmane-yara-3013547.html https://maliweb.net/non-classe/cour-d%E2%80%99assises-de-bamako-les-deux-policiers-finalement-blanchis-des-accusations-de-tentative-de-trafic-de-drogue-1088.html?amp=1… https://www.maliweb.net/societe/elu-president-du-nigeria-bola-tinubu-lami-fidele-dousmane-yara-3013547.html https://www.maliweb.net/non-classe/cour-d%E2%80%99assises-de-bamako-les-deux-policiers-finalement-blanchis-des-accusations-de-tentative-de-trafic-de-drogue-1088.html?amp=1
@DavidHundeyin - David Hundeyin
During the trial, which took place in 2010, the court heard that the Bamako Customs Brigade Mobile d'Intervention (BMI) unit intercepted a group of 7 drug smugglers attempting to board Air-Mali Flight 273 with 30 KG of cocaine concealed in their hand luggage.
@DavidHundeyin - David Hundeyin
For reference, according to @UNODC figures, 30KG of cocaine in 2010 would have had an average European street value of $2,460,000. After getting caught red-handed, the couriers promptly named Ousmane Yara as one of the masterminds of the operation. https://unodc.org/unodc/secured/wdr/Cocaine_Heroin_Prices.pdf https://www.unodc.org/unodc/secured/wdr/Cocaine_Heroin_Prices.pdf
@DavidHundeyin - David Hundeyin
While the case seemed airtight with the suspects immediately accepting their guilt and making confessional statements, the bags containing the 30KG of cocaine suddenly went missing in Customs custody, and the suspects soon recanted their confessions and denied involvement.
@DavidHundeyin - David Hundeyin
In the absence of this crucial physical evidence, the case unsurprisingly fell apart. Ousmaye Yara, who was identified as the cocaine supplier by the suspects who met him inside a Toyota Prado at Bamako's Hotel Massaley, thus got let off the hook. https://malijet.com/les_faits_divers_au_mali/28585-cour_d_assises_deux_policiers_et_d_autres_inculp_s_la_barre_la_m.html https://malijet.com/les_faits_divers_au_mali/28585-cour_d_assises_deux_policiers_et_d_autres_inculp_s_la_barre_la_m.html
@DavidHundeyin - David Hundeyin
The question is this: Why does Bola Ahmed Tinubu - himself an indicted drug trafficker - always seem to surround himself with those who have been involved in drug trafficking and/or organised crime? Is the question hard? Or obvious? https://t.co/AlDZRf1knQ
@UberFacts - UberFacts
@DavidHundeyin - David Hundeyin
Bonus mention: The helicopter video that has been making the rounds recently is exactly the same length (1:22) as the video below of Ousmane Yara meeting with Macky Sall on behalf of Alpha Condé, which may suggest the same person is behind both videos.
@DavidHundeyin - David Hundeyin
*Aboulaye Wade, ^^ not Macky Sall