Several U.S. government agencies, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), will release documents on May 2 about an alleged drug-related investigation involving Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu from the 1990s.
According to SaharaReporters, this follows a court order from Judge Beryl Howell of the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., who ruled that keeping the records secret was “neither logical nor plausible.”
The case stems from a lawsuit filed by U.S. activist and transparency advocate Aaron Greenspan under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). Greenspan had requested documents about investigations involving Tinubu and three others allegedly linked to a drug trafficking ring in the 1990s.
Greenspan said, “This is a win for government transparency and the public’s right to know. The American and Nigerian people deserve to know the full history of any prior investigations involving a sitting foreign president.”
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According to court records, Greenspan filed 12 requests between 2022 and 2023 to agencies like the FBI, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the State Department, the IRS, the CIA, and U.S. Attorneys’ Offices. The requests focused on investigations in Indiana and Illinois, where Tinubu reportedly lived and worked in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Although some documents have been released in redacted form in the past, many files remain classified. This has led to years of speculation and debate in Nigeria, where Tinubu’s past continues to raise questions.
President Tinubu has consistently denied any wrongdoing or connection to drug trafficking.