Purported US Court Order: Presidency Fingers Opposition, Says It’s Trying To Be Relevant

By Ayodele Oni

The Presidency has reacted in two separate statements to an alleged ruling by a United States, (US) Court in Washington DC ordering the US FBI and DEA to release reports connected with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

Reacting to inquiries by Journalists, Special Adviser Media and Strategy to the President, Bayo Onanuga, remarked that: “There is nothing new to be revealed. 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.”

In another reaction, Daniel Bwala, Special Adviser to President Tinubu on Policy Communication described the report as “Mischievous and politically mechanized nonsense under the guise of US Court Orders FBI and DEA to act.

“They claim the order was given on Tuesday, but it never saw the light of the media until Sunday. There is nothing these opposition under the auspices of coalition for a wild goose chase cannot try to do to keep relevance.

“They went to meet fmr. President Muhammad Buhari and it was reported that he insisted the meeting be held in or on camera so that Elrufai would not go and say Buhari is joining SDP and PDP.

“Hard as they try, they are still struggling to convince Nigerians that they have any plan at all, needless alternative plan.”

According to the Premium Times, Beryl Howell, the judge, made the order on Tuesday,

Responding to a motion by Aaron Greenspan, an American who is seeking a reconsideration of an earlier ruling, Howell said protecting the information from public disclosure is “neither logical nor plausible.”

Greenspan had accused the law enforcement agencies of violating the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) by failing to release within the statutory time “documents relating to purported federal investigations into” President Tinubu and one Abiodun Agbele.

Tinubu was said to have forfeited $460,000 to the American government in 1993 after authorities linked the funds to proceeds of narcotics trafficking.