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''The Lion of Bourdillon'' is a 2015 documentary film aired by Africa Independent Television, a Nigerian Television Station popularly known as AIT.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Next: Bola Tinubu Threatens AIT With Lawsuit Over Documentary )〕 The film centers on the political life of Senator Bola Tinubu, the former Lagos State Governor and the National leader of the All Progressives Congress.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Court adjourns Tinubu's N150bn libel suit against AIT )〕 It was first aired on March 1, 2015, but then stopped from further airing on March 6, 2015 following a N150 billion libel suit filled by Tinubu against AIT.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Lion of Bourdillon: AIT fights back )〕 ==Controversies and criticisms== The airing of the documentary film on March 1, 2015 generated several controversies, leading to a N150 billion libel suit against AIT by Chief Bola Tinubu.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=CACOL Asks Tinubu to Come Clean on 'Lion of Bourdillon )〕 The hour-long documentary film revealed the personal life of the former Governor, showing him participating in a certain level of corruption during and after his tenure in office as governor of Lagos State. It revealed properties and companies owned by the Senator across Lagos State, describing him as “Nigeria’s biggest landlord”.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Tinubu threatens to sue AIT over documentary, demands N20 billion )〕 The film also revealed that he was charged for drug trafficking in 1993 by the United States Government. The film's release was described by critics as an attempt to tarnish Tinubu's image as a leader of a ruling party, the All Progressives Congress.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=() Lion of Bourdillon - documentary on Tinubu )〕 Abimbola Adelakun, a Nigerian writer and columnist of The Punch newspaper, strongly criticized the film's release in her publications on March 5, 2015 describing the airing of the film as "libelous and defamatory", accusing the People's Democratic Party of being an accomplice.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=What do Nigerians do with the Tinubu documentary )〕 In the same vein, a Nigerian lawmaker, Hon. Michael Opeyemi Bamidele, in an article entitled “My hatred for Asiwaju Bola Tinubu”, criticized the documentary film and the opposition party's role in its release.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=My hatred for Tinubu, by Bamidele )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Lion of Bourdillon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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