Nigeria Next Leader’s Son Owns a UK Mansion It Once Targeted
An election poster for Nigerian President-elect Bola Tinubu and his running mate Kashim Shettima in Lagos on Feb. 6.
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The 37-year-old son of Nigeria’s President-elect Bola Tinubu acquired a London mansion that the country’s government – which his father helped bring to power – was trying to seize over an alleged $1.6 billion fraud.