The Presidency on Sunday downplayed any potential fallout from a recent U.S. court ruling directing the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to release files related to President Bola Tinubu’s past.
In a statement, the Presidency maintained that the documents in question pertaining to a 1990s drug trafficking investigation in Chicago have been public knowledge for over 30 years and do not pose any new concerns for the Nigerian leader.
The clarification follows a ruling by Judge Beryl Howell of the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., who ordered the FBI and DEA to process and release non-exempt records in response to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests filed by American legal researcher Aaron Greenspan.
According to court documents obtained on Sunday, the agencies are to disclose materials linked to a Chicago-based narcotics case from the early 1990s, involving Tinubu and three others Lee Andrew Edwards, Mueez Akande, and Abiodun Agbele.
Despite the renewed legal action, the Presidency insists that no fresh revelations are expected from the release, framing the case as a rehash of long-settled matters that have had no bearing on Tinubu’s public service trajectory.
