Several US government agencies, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Department of State, are expected to release investigation reports on President Bola Tinubu’s alleged involvement in a drug-related case in the 1990s.
The disclosure follows a ruling by the US District Court for the District of Columbia, ordering the agencies to make public documents related to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit filed by American activist Aaron Greenspan.
The agencies expected to comply with the court order include the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the US Attorneys’ Offices, and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). The presiding judge, Beryl Howell, declared that the continued withholding of the requested records is “neither logical nor plausible.”
Greenspan’s lawsuit alleges that the agencies violated the FOIA statute by failing to release documents within the required timeframe.
He sought information regarding alleged federal investigations into President Tinubu and three other individuals associated with a purported drug trafficking ring in the 1990s.
The release of these documents is expected to shed more light on President Tinubu’s past and potentially spark further controversy in Nigeria.
