Nigeria’s Bola Tinubu presidency has dismissed concerns over a recent judgment by a U.S. federal court directing American law enforcement agencies to release investigative records related to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, asserting that the documents contain no new revelations.
The ruling, issued by Judge Beryl Howell of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, compels the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to disclose records of a reported narcotics investigation from the 1990s.
The judge rejected the agencies’ use of the “Glomar response”—a legal tactic allowing U.S. agencies to neither confirm nor deny the existence of sensitive documents—as grounds to withhold the records.
In response to the judgment, President Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, stated on Sunday that the administration has “nothing new to say” on the matter.
“There is nothing new to be revealed,” Onanuga said.
“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,” he said.
He added that media inquiries about the presidency’s reaction were not unexpected but emphasised that the administration remained unshaken.
“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,” he reiterated.
Meanwhile, the case could potentially shed more light on long-standing controversies surrounding President Tinubu’s past.
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