US court set to rule on release of alleged FBI, drug records linked to Tinubu

A United States-based advocacy firm, Von Batten-Montague-York, has disclosed that a court ordered deadline for final briefings in a Freedom of Information Act, FOIA, case involving alleged Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI and Drug Enforcement Administration, DEA, records concerning President Bola Tinubu has expired.

The firm disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, saying the court will now review the arguments presented by the parties and deliberate on the case.

The statement reads in full “In the FOIA case concerning alleged @FBI and @DEAHQ heroin-trafficking records related to Nigerian President Bola Tinubu (@officialABAT), the court-ordered deadline for final briefings has now passed. Barring any new developments, the Court will now review the parties’ arguments and deliberate accordingly.

“We believe the Court will rule in favour of the plaintiff and order the release of portions of the alleged heroin-trafficking records concerning President Tinubu. 

“We say portions because we believe the Court will protect sensitive law-enforcement methods while rejecting President Tinubu’s request for blanket privacy protection.”