US Court Orders FBI, DEA to Release Explosive Documents on Tinubu’s Records

 Documents pertaining to President Bola Tinubu's criminal investigation into alleged drug trafficking have been ordered to be made public by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

In an April 8 decision, U.S. District Court of Columbia Judge Beryl Howell directed both agencies to look for and handle non-exempt documents related to FOIA requests made by American scholar Aaron Greenspan.

Greenspan filed 12 FOIA requests between 2022 and 2023, requesting documents on Tinubu, Lee Andrew Edwards, Mueez Abegboyega Akande, and Abiodun Agbele, as well as details on a Chicago narcotics ring that was active in the early 1990s. 

Previously, the FBI and DEA issued “Glomar responses,” indicating their refusal to confirm or deny the existence of requested records.

However, the court determined that such responses were improper in this case, since the agencies are now ordered to undertake a search and provide non-exempt materials on the topic.

The judgment read, “The FBI and DEA have both officially confirmed investigations of Tinubu relating to the drug trafficking ring.

"The public interest in the release of such information outweighs any privacy interests implicated by the FOIA requests to the FBI and DEA for records about Tinubu."

The judge upheld the CIA's Glomar response, ruling that "Defendant CIA is entitled to summary judgment, since its Glomar response was properly asserted, while Plaintiff is entitled to summary judgment as to each of the four Glomar responses asserted by defendants FBI and DEA."

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There is nothing new to disclose; for more than 30 years, FBI and DEA reports have been available to the public. AGF Fagbemi: The Tinubu administration is not operating the government in secrecy.

As a result, the DEA and FBI are required to look for and handle non-exempt records in response to FOIA requests made to them.

In this case, the CIA is privileged to a ruling in its favor. The remaining parties are directed to provide a joint report on the status of any outstanding problems in this case by May 2, 2025, as outlined in the attached order."

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