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Nigeria: Tinubu Not On Trial in U.S. - Presidency
The FBI and DEA submitted 399 pages for private judicial review as Tinubu and US agencies fight over disclosure exemptions.
- On August 28, the Federal Bureau of Investigation submitted records relating to a 1993 investigation involving President Bola Tinubu to Judge Beryl Howell of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
- American transparency activist Aaron Greenspan and Nigerian journalist David Hundeyin filed the lawsuit in June 2023, seeking records from a joint investigation involving the FBI and Drug Enforcement Administration regarding 1993 narcotics trafficking allegations.
- Presidential spokesperson Bayo Onanuga described the matter as a "civil records-disclosure dispute," stating no court found Tinubu guilty of criminal wrongdoing regarding the $460,000 civil forfeiture to the United States government.
- Following the agencies' initial "Glomar response," the documents remain "under seal, ex parte, in camera," with Judge Howell reviewing them privately and not available to plaintiff Aaron Greenspan or the public.
- Greenspan has until September 11 to file an opposition to redactions, while the FBI, DEA, and Tinubu must respond by September 18, determining whether additional records will be released or remain protected.
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Nigeria: Tinubu Not On Trial in U.S. - Presidency
ABUJA-- THE Presidency has clarified that the ongoing Freedom of Information Act, FOIA, litigation involving President Bola Tinubu before a United States federal court is a civil records-disclosure dispute and not a criminal case against the President.
·Washington, United States
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UPDATED: US court case on Tinubu's past forfeiture is civil, not criminal matter - Presidency
For clarity, the matter is a civil records-disclosure dispute under the United States Freedom of Information Act. It is not a criminal case against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, nor has the court found him guilty of any criminal wrongdoing.
·Abuja, Nigeria
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