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The US District Court for the District of Columbia has ordered top law enforcement agencies to make information about President Bola Tinubu public.

Beryl Howell, the judge, made the order on Tuesday.


Responding 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 law enforcement agencies of violating the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) by failing to release within the statutory time “documents relating to purported federal investigations into” President Tinubu and one Abiodun Agbele.

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

At the Presidential Election Petition Court, the issue of Tinubu’s forfeiture of the funds featured prominently when his opponents – Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi – challenged the president’s eligibility to contest Nigeria’s presidency.

But in a unanimous decision, the election court dismissed the suits, affirming Tinubu’s election.

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

The judge noted that the ‘Glomar’ responses asserted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation(FBI) and the Drug Enforcement istration (DEA) are “improper and must be lifted.”

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

According to Howell, since it was acknowledged that Tinubu was a subject of an investigation involving both the FBI and DEA, “the claim that the Glomar responses were necessary to protect this information from public disclosure is at this point neither logical nor plausible.”

Explaining further, the judge established that a FOIA requester may challenge the propriety of an agency’s Glomar response in two ways: first, by “challenging the agency’s assertion that confirming or denying the existence of any records would result in a cognisable harm under a FOIA exemption,” and, second, showing that the agency “has ‘officially acknowledged otherwise exempt information through prior disclosure,” meaning that the agency “has ‘waived its right to claim an exemption with respect to that information.”

In this case, the judge said Mr Greenspan asserts both types of challenges to defendants’ Glomar responses: “The plaintiffs’ argument that (1) DEA has officially confirmed investigations of Agbele’s involvement in the drug trafficking ring, (2) the FBI and DEA have both officially confirmed investigations of Tinubu relating to the drug trafficking ring, (3) any privacy interests implicated by the FOIA requests to the FBI and DEA for records about Tinubu are overcome by the public interest in release of such information, and (4) the CIA has officially acknowledged records responsive to plaintiff’s FOIA request about Tinubu.”

https://dailytrust.com/us-court-orders-fbi-anti-drug-agency-to-release-tinubus-records/

What will be the consequences of this

I thought he was cleared of the Chicago drúg stuff?

The US District Court for the District of Columbia ordering Chicago court to release Tinubu's records. What happened to Chicago's court

K leg story

All these Obidienthood children and anti-nigeria newbies, una go cry till 2031. Tinubu remains your President, then, Shettima or Ribadu continues

Nawa Nlfpmod.

Tinubu is a CIA Asset, and the case was a national security concern; hence, his records weren't released at the time. Even if it’s eventually released, many redactions will make it unreadable.

This is a big win for Tinubu.

The world is now aware of the shoddy attempts to weaponize his past against him and how it all backfired.

Goodadvice01:
What will be the consequences of this

I thought he was cleared of the Chicago drúg stuff?

..the drug Lord was never cleared..the courts refused to make public the Chicago drug trafficking Ring citing "Blomar" response..

..Thief'nubu was crying of irreparable damaged fraud before the election...now that the elections are over. .everything can be released...no connection between releasing his drug secrets & a direct irreparable damage to Thief'nubu..

..if it is now released..Thief'nubu will no longer cry of irreparable damage..the elections are in 2 Yrs time..

..I wonder what he will use as an excuse to cry now..that his drug trafficking secrets should not be released..

..maybe he will claim the Release might affect his ability of illegally declaring state of emergencies as he wishes..

Ojigbiji

He wasn't. They only covered his name because Tinubu's lawyer argued it would cause him great personal injury and Biden was ing him. This is Trump era

Goodadvice01:
What will be the consequences of this

I thought he was cleared of the Chicago drúg stuff?

Tinubu can run but can't hide

helinues:
The US District Court for the District of Columbia ordering Chicago court to release Tinubu's records. What happened to Chicago's court

K leg story

Hmm… an interesting development🤔. Let’s see how things unfold this time under the new Trump istration—hopefully, it’s more substantive than the charade we witnessed with Biden’s. Fingers crossed and hoping for the best!

The irreparable damage Bola Amhed Tinubu has been hiding from the is about to be done. Lét us see how he disguise as a female to push heroin. Yorubastard and Batidiots should get ready for the weeks ahead because it's going to be long.

DMerciful:
Tinubu can run but can't hide

Who is pursuing him?

This movie go sweet

Interesting time ahead for Tinubu


Bulaba time is up

Trump no be Biden

We will soon know the real Bola whether Bola Ige or Bola Tinubu or Bola the female

Tinubu is clean. This is just a witch hunt.

Only in Nigeria can a convicted drug lord become president and still be hailed like a hero. If that's acceptable, then every drug dealer — from Mushin to Medellín — deserves an apology and compensation. Why? Because clearly, crime isn't just forgiven in APC — it's rewarded. In fact, if the Anti-Christ himself picked up the APC ticket, some die-hard ers would probably print posters and sing his praises at campaign rallies. Anything goes in this circus.

Trump is a convicted criminal and still the President of USA and you think he has anything on PBAT.

Once they allowed Trump they opened the flood gates for everyone else and whatever happened and mistake he made happened as a young lad and most probably expunged.

Seefinish:
Interesting time ahead for Tinubu


Bulaba time is up

Trump no be Biden

We will soon know the real Bola whether Bola Ige or Bola Tinubu or Bola the female

The Trump effect is about to hit the drug lord

Tinubu is a drug baron. He's a criminal

gabbytabby:
Trump is a convicted criminal and still the President of USA and you think he has anything on PBAT.

Once they allowed Trump they opened the flood gates for everyone else and whatever happened and mistake he made happened as a young lad and most probably expunged.

don't worry, it is just a matter of time, breeze go soon blow and we go see fowl nyash

Many Nigerians are yet to understand International politics, something will be released and nothing will be in it, this will make the case die a natural death.

You guys should stop wasting your time, Nigeria is not a small country in international politics, forget us and our battered image.

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Hmm that's good

I'm not interested of whatever dey release.
Tinubu has caused more pained, suffering and hunger than any president ever exist.
That's my issue not drug case.

The records will be released and we will see the content.

Tinubu and his oluwole brothers have derailed democracy, any step to expose their criminality is welcome.

Hmm.....🤔

Trump Amaka

Las las na name dragging go end am🤷🤦🤐.

I see ATIKU,El Rufai,AGULU 🤡, Shining their teeth.They'll be disappointed