Nigerian President Tinubu Seeks to Seal FBI and DEA Records in U.S. Court Amidst 2027 Election Cycle
Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has formally intervened in a U.S. federal court case, requesting that records from past American law-enforcement investigations involving him, held by the FBI and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), remain sealed. He argues that the disclosure of these records would infringe upon his privacy. This legal action revives a long-standing transparency dispute stemming from a 1990s Chicago drug case. The lawsuit was initiated by Aaron Greenspan, founder of the transparency website PlainSite, who filed 12 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests in 2022 and 2023 seeking unredacted records related to a heroin-trafficking investigation where Tinubu was one of four individuals named. President Tinubu's move to block the release of these records comes as Nigeria's 2027 election season is commencing, adding a political dimension to the ongoing legal battle. At the time of reporting, the full text of Tinubu's intervenor brief had not been independently reviewed, and no U.S. court... 
