US court orders FBI, anti-drug agency to release Tinubu’s records

US court orders FBI, anti-drug agency to release Tinubu’s records

 The United States District Court for the District of
Columbia has ordered the Federal Bureau of Intelligence, FBI, to make
information about President Bola Tinubu public.

 

Judge Beryl Howell gave the order on Tuesday.

 

The development was sequel to a motion by Aaron Greenspan,
an American who is seeking a reconsideration of an earlier ruling.

 

Howell said protecting the information from public
disclosure is “neither logical nor plausible”.

 Greenspan had accused the FBI of violating the Freedom of
Information Act (FOIA) by failing to release within the statutory time
“documents relating to purported federal investigations into” Tinubu and one
Abiodun Agbele.

 

Tinubu was alleged to have forfeited $460,000 to the US
government in 1993 after authorities linked the funds to proceeds of narcotics
trafficking.

 

Recall that former Vice President Atiku Abubakar of the
Peoples Democratic Party and and Labour Party candidate Peter Obi had
challenged Tinubu’s eligibility to contest Nigeria’s presidency at the
Presidential Election Petition Court.

 

Then the issue of Tinubu’s forfeiture of the funds featured
prominently, but the election court dismissed the suits and affirmed Tinubu’s
election.

 

However, on Tuesday, Judge Howell ruled partly in favour of
Greenspan.

 

The judge said that the FBI and DEA failed to show that they
properly invoked the FOIA.

Source: US court orders FBI, anti-drug agency to release Tinubu’s records

 - NigerianEye
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