‘Most Of Them Are Not Mine’ --- Tinubu Denies Ownership Of Oriental Hotels And Other Lagos Assets Linked To Him

 The Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu has said most properties linked to him like the Oriental Hotels, Civic Center and other properties are not his.

Tinubu, a former Lagos Governor  who made this known in a documentary in a documentary on his achievements as the Lagos State former Chief Executive, averred that he only provided the environment for investors to invest on the Lekki Corridor.

In an excerpt of the documentary posted on Twitter by Jubril Gawat, a media aide to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Tinubu said the entire Lekki Corridor was a refuse dump that took months to clear.

Tinubu while speaking in the documentary said he does not own the Oriental Hotel and other properties linked to him but that his administration invested resources to clear the dumps at the place where the hotel and the civic center are located.

“I have converted a liability confronting Lagos to an asset of great value. Along Ozumba Mbadiwe, we used to pick dead bodies. People have forgotten truck pushers in those areas. You have the dirties coastline along Ozumba Mbadiwe all through Lekki corridor.

“I brought private investors, hospitality— they created the boat club, the Civic Center that is of great value to many people today—that was a refuse dump. Nobody would easily remember that Oriental Hotel was a refuse dump— a mile of refuse along that corridor. It took several months of escalating and a great investment for those investors to take the risk. Majority of those assets they claim are mine are not mine.

“I created an economic and recovery path for Lagos. There is no state that can brag of the exponential development that is going on in the Lekki Corridor,” he said.