The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) have accused President Bola Tinubu of employing delay strategies to halt the release of his papers.
The charge was made in a countermotion submitted on Monday before the U.S. Court for the Northern District of Columbia in Washington, D.C. by PlainSite owner and activist Aaron Greenspan.
According to Anaedoonline.ng, Tinubu filed a motion to halt the release of papers pertaining to him by US federal agencies, claiming that he would be “adversely affected” by the publication.
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In his motion, Greenspan claimed that Tinubu is stalling his documents before the Supreme Court in an effort to hold onto power in Nigeria and delay his records before the Supreme Court judgement on the 2023 presidential election.
Additionally, he asserted that the President is attempting to prevent his opponents from utilising the documents against him at the Nigerian Supreme Court, where his election victory is being challenged.
“Bola Ahmed Tinubu is an alleged criminal trying to buy time in a desperate attempt to cling to power in Nigeria, which the FOIA materials in this action directly threaten,” he said.
Greenspan claimed that he could see through Tinubu’s stalling tactics to persuade the U.S. court to put off the release of his records because he was aware that the data may jeopardise his case before the supreme court of Nigeria.
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“To call Tinubu’s motion a last-ditch attempt at buying time is an understatement. This action has been pending in open court for approximately five months. Its filing was covered in Nigerian media,” asserted Mr Greenspan in his opposition to the Nigerian leader’s request.
“The timing of Tinubu’s submission is suspicious given the Nigerian Supreme Court’s simultaneous proceedings and should be treated as meritless accordingly,” he added.
In order to obtain Tinubu’s data in 2022, the owner of PlainSite collaborated closely with Nigerian journalist David Hundeyin and submitted a freedom of information request. The FBI is currently scheduled to deliver the materials in October.
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