U.S. court orders FBI, CIA, others to release probe reports on Tinubu May 2

The United States District Court for the District of Columbia has directed agencies, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), to release investigation reports related to an alleged drug-linked case involving President Bola Tinubu in the 1990s.

The court directed the FBI and other U.S. agencies to release relevant documents by Friday, May 2, 2025.

Agencies mandated to release the reports include FBI, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the U.S. Attorneys’ Office, Department of State, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).

The court ruling, issued in April, instructed all listed agencies (except the CIA) to provide status updates on any outstanding issues and to disclose documents pertaining to the decades-old case.

The directive came from Judge Beryl Howell, in response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, stating that withholding the documents from public access was “neither logical nor plausible”, Premium Times reported.

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The case was initiated by an American, Aaron Greenspan, in June 2023 under the FOIA against the U.S. government agencies, accusing them of breaching the law by failing to release documents relating to alleged federal investigations involving Tinubu and one Abiodun Agbele within the required time.

Between 2022 and 2023, Greenspan reportedly submitted 12 FOIA requests to six different United States agencies, seeking records connected to a joint probe conducted by the FBI, IRS, DEA, and U.S. Attorney’s Offices in the Northern Districts of Indiana and Illinois.

Each request targeted investigative records concerning four individuals allegedly linked to a drug ring – Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Lee Andrew Edwards, Mueez Abegboyega Akande, and Abiodun Agbele.

Though legal experts have said the court order could be appealed, the Presidency stated that the report was neither new nor incriminating to Tinubu.

The Star