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Nigeria: U.S. Agencies Deny Agreeing to Release Confidential Information On Tinubu

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The US agencies said in their filing that contrary to the plaintiff's assumption, they had not agreed to release confidential documents on Mr Tinubu by the end of October.

Some top law enforcement agencies of the United States have denied agreeing to release some confidential documents on Nigeria's PresidentThey issued the denial in a statement of defence which they filed against a suit seeking an order to compel them to release the information. They filed the defence at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on Monday.

In his complaint, Mr Greenspan accused the law enforcement agencies of violating the FIOA by failing to release within the statutory time"documents relating to purported federal investigations into" President Tinubu and one Mueez Adegboyega Akande, who is now deceased. The issue of Mr Tinubu's forfeiture of the funds featured prominently at the Presidential Election Petition Court where Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi, challenged the president's eligibility to contest Nigeria's presidency.

A seven-member panel of the Nigerian Supreme Court on 23 October heard Atiku and Peter Obi's appeals seeking to overturn Mr Tinubu's victory in the 25 February presidential election.The press conference coincided with the filing by the U.S. agencies at the District Court of Columbia on Monday.

 

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