Nigerian President’s Office Downplays US Court Ruling to Release Papers Against Tinubu

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There is nothing new to be revealed. The report by Agent Moss of the FBI and the DEA has been in the public space for more than 30 years. The reports did not indict the Nigerian leader, the presidency spokesperson said.

The Nigerian presidency has downplayed the recent US federal court ruling ordering the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to release investigative files relating to President Bola Tinubu, saying the documents in question are decades old and contain no incriminating findings.

There is nothing new to be revealed. The report by Agent Moss of the FBI and the DEA has been in the public space for more than 30 years. The reports did not indict the Nigerian leader, the presidency spokesperson said.

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In her ruling, Judge Howell stated that the existence of such investigative records had already been acknowledged in a 1993 civil forfeiture case filed by the US Department of Justice, which named Tinubu and resulted in the forfeiture of funds from his US bank accounts. The judge found that this official disclosure nullified the FBI and DEA’s grounds for secrecy.