The Nigerian Presidency has dismissed a recent United States court ruling ordering the FBI and DEA to release investigative files related to President Bola Tinubu's alleged involvement in a 1990s drug case. According to Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser on Information and Strategy to the President, the documents in question are decades old and contain no new incriminating evidence.
Onanuga stated that the reports by Agent Moss of the FBI and the DEA have been public knowledge for over 30 years and did not indict President Tinubu. He added that lawyers are reviewing the court's decision but insisted it does not impact Tinubu's legal or political standing.
The U.S. court ruling partially granted a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request filed by American transparency activist Aaron Greenspan, compelling the FBI and DEA to release records pertaining to Tinubu's alleged links to heroin trafficking and money laundering in Chicago. The court noted that the existence of such records was previously acknowledged in a 1993 civil forfeiture case that resulted in the forfeiture of funds from Tinubu's U.S. bank accounts.
In related news, President Tinubu recently met with a representative from former U.S. President Donald Trump's administration in Paris to discuss developing a strategic economic and security partnership between Nigeria, Africa, and the U.S.
Meanwhile, the Presidency has disassociated itself from billboards promoting Tinubu's 2027 campaign, emphasizing that the President has not authorized any such campaign and urging supporters to cease these activities until INEC sets the official election timetable.