Presidency Reacts To US Court Order Over Dossiers On Tinubu, Says There’s Nothing New To Be Revealed

The Presidency has reacted to the ruling by the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, which ordered the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to release records relating to Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu, saying there was nothing new to be revealed to the public.

Senior Special Adviser to the President on Media and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, who took to his Facebook page on Sunday evening to respond to media enquiries about the development, however added that lawyers were examining the US court ruling.

Onanuga wrote: “Journalists have sought the Presidency’s reaction to the ruling last Tuesday by a Washington DC judge ordering the US FBI and DEA to release reports connected with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

“Our response is as follows.

“There is nothing new to be revealed. The report by Agent Moss of the FBI and the DEA report have been in the public space for more than 30 years. The reports did not indict the Nigerian leader. The lawyers are examining the ruling.”

LEADERSHIP reports that the order was issued earlier on Tuesday by Judge Beryl Howell in response to a motion filed by American transparency advocate, Aaron Greenspan, who accused the US agencies of violating the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) by failing to release documents connected to alleged federal investigations involving President Tinubu and one Abiodun Agbele.