Lawsuit Linking Tinubu to Control of Nigerian Tax Firm Settled

A lawsuit in which one of Nigeria’s leading presidential candidates was accused of secretly owning the company that collects tax in the country’s commercial hub has been settled out of court.

Oladapo Apara, a founder of Alpha Beta Consulting LLP, sued the company and Bola Tinubu in June 2021, alleging that the influential politician concealed his control of the firm for two decades. In the early 2000s, as governor of Lagos state, Tinubu awarded ABC a contract to track and gather taxes in the city.

“The parties in the case agreed to mutual resolution of the issues in dispute between ...