Bola Tinubu has asked a United States court to block the public release of FBI and DEA records linked to allegations of drug trafficking involving him, arguing that disclosure of the documents could infringe on his privacy.

Tinubu’s legal team made the request in a 16-page court filing submitted to the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, where an ongoing Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) case is seeking records relating to investigations involving him.

Bola Tinubu has asked a United States court to block the public release of FBI and DEA records linked to allegations of drug trafficking involving him, arguing that disclosure of the documents could infringe on his
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The records are being sought by American transparency activist Aaron Greenspan, who filed a FOIA lawsuit against several U.S. government agencies, including the Department of Justice, FBI and DEA, seeking documents connected to investigations involving Tinubu.

Tinubu sold drugs
Greenspan’s requests include the FBI’s entire file on Tinubu and FBI Form 302 interview records concerning the period between 1992 and 1993, as well as records connected to a 1993 civil forfeiture proceeding involving about $460,000 linked to Tinubu.

He has denied wrongdoing, while his lawyers argued that information previously disclosed in connection with the forfeiture proceeding does not remove his privacy interest in undisclosed investigative records.

According to the court filing, Tinubu’s legal team argued that individuals retain privacy interests in the contents of investigative files even where some information from those files has previously been made public.

The lawyers further argued that Greenspan’s filingsæ demonstrate that his primary objective is obtaining documents containing Tinubu’s name, adding that FOIA should not be used to obtain records that would otherwise be protected from disclosure under applicable exemptions.

The legal team cited previous court decisions to support its argument that the fact that an individual may have been associated with a criminal investigation does not automatically eliminate that person’s privacy interest in the details contained in investigative files.

Tinubu’s lawyers ultimately asked the court to deny Greenspan’s motion for summary judgment and allow the redactions or withholding of records by the FBI and DEA to remain, as the legal battle over the release of the documents continues.