A NIGERIAN billionaire being linked with a takeover at Sheffield United is facing questions about his airline company, according to reports.
Dozy Mmobuosi wants to buy the Championship club for £90m.
But The Athletic has asked what evidence that a Tingo Airlines flight has ever taken place.
The business is worth £1bn, but there's no evidence of assets or published accounts.
It does have a registered address in Hertfordshire with Mmobuosi the sole shareholder.
But the address was lifted in December 2019 and was said to be "invalid or ineffective and was forged."
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To raise even bigger concerns, the company's Instagram page goes through to a website that doesn't exist.
And images of an Airbus A321 appear to have been photoshopped.
Speaking with Vanguard Nigeria in November 2019, Omiete Iyenemi Charles, who's said to be an acting CEO of Tingo Airlines, said the company "in the process of obtaining our UK Air Operator’s Certificate."
But there's still no evidence of this having yet been obtained.
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Mmobuosi's bid to buy the Yorkshire club is currently being looked into by the EFL.
And the English Football League are hoping for answers to discover where his money has come from.
According to BBC, United current owner Prince Abdullah has been in talks with the Nigerian over a takeover.
Sheffield United have so far declined to comment on the matter.
On the pitch the Blades might have drawn with Rotherham on Saturday, but they're second in the Championship.
And Paul Heckingbottom's side are firmly on course to return to the Premier League with the gap to third place currently 10points.
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