FBI, CIA, other US agencies to release investigation reports on Tinubu, Nigerian president
With Agencies
It will be recalled that a 2023 US appeal court judgment has since been implemented as those concerned in the request for Chicago State University results of the same Nigerian president’s academic results are now in possession of Certified True Copy (CTC) of the judgement.
Several key United States government agencies are expected to release investigation reports related to an alleged drug-linked case involving Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the 1990s, following a US court order.
This is as The DEFENDER gathered from local legal sources that criminal matters or cases have no time bound and that no matter how longer, they remain Justiceable.
According to recent developments, the US District Court for the District of Columbia has directed the release of relevant documents by Friday May 2, 2025.
Agencies, mandated by court to submit the Tinubu’s records, include the US Attorneys’ Office, Department of State, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) – although the CIA is exempted from the initial joint update requirement.
The court ruling, issued in April, instructed all listed agencies (except the CIA) to provide status updates on any outstanding issues and to disclose documents pertaining to the decades-old case.
According to media sources, the directive came from Judge Beryl Howell, in response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, stating that withholding the documents from public access was “neither logical nor plausible.”
The case was initiated by an American, Aaron Greenspan, in June 2023 under the FOIA against the US government agencies, accusing them of breaching the law by failing to release documents relating to alleged federal investigations involving President Tinubu and one Abiodun Agbele within the required time.
Between 2022 and 2023, Greenspan reportedly submitted 12 FOIA requests to six different US agencies, seeking records connected to a joint probe conducted by the FBI, IRS, DEA, and US Attorney’s Offices in the Northern Districts of Indiana and Illinois.
Each request targeted investigative records concerning four individuals allegedly linked to a drug ring: Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Lee Andrew Edwards, Mueez Abegboyega Akande, and Abiodun Agbele.
Though legal experts previously told Daily Trust that the court order could be appealed, the Presidency maintained that the information being pursued was neither new nor incriminating to the president.
It will be recalled that a 2023 US appeal court judgment has since been implemented as those concerned in the request for Chicago State University results of the same Nigerian president’s academic results are now in possession of Certified True Copy (CTC) of the judgement.
