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We Can’t Release Tinubu’s Criminal Cases, Immigration Records Till 2026 - FBI by PointB: 3:48pm On Jul 18, 2023
We can’t release Tinubu’s criminal cases, immigration records till 2026 due to ‘unusual circumstances’, FBI, State Department say

The agencies have been summoned to appear in court to show course why records relating to a Nigerian president were deemed unusual to be released to the public.

President Bola Tinubu’s criminal and immigration records in possession of the United States won’t be released until 2026, authorities said in court documents seen by Peoples Gazette.

The U.S. State Department and Federal Bureau of Investigation cited ‘unusual circumstances’ for denying to release the records to the public. Following a freedom of information request, the U.S. authorities said even if they were to release the records, it would be at least until January 2026 before they could do so.

A civil lawsuit has now been filed over the matter before Judge Beryl Howell of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in Washington, D.C.

Aaron Greenspan, an American public disclosure activist, had filed a request to the FBI, State Department, Department of Treasury, and Drug Enforcement Administration, among federal and local agencies, seeking an urgent release of Mr Tinubu’s immigration and criminal records.

The filings came as Mr Tinubu maintained in court that he did not commit any crimes during his decades-long residency in the U.S. Mr Tinubu also asserted ownership of his identity, despite strong indications, he might have changed names and education records in the past.

Mr Tinubu’s real identity and education records contain omissions and contradictions that he has not explained to the public. For instance, the Nigerian president had said under oath to the electoral office INEC, while seeking to be Lagos governor in 1999, that he attended the prestigious University of Chicago.

The university has since disowned Mr Tinubu. Another American school, Chicago State University, confirmed a Bola Tinubu attended the school but did not say whether it was the Nigerian president. Documents from the school showed that a person bearing Bola Tinubu, who attended the school in the 1970s, was a female.

Mr Tinubu also stated under oath in 1999 that he attended primary and secondary schools in Lagos and Ibadan in the 1950s and 1960s, but he expunged those assertions from his latest INEC application form ahead of this year’s general elections in February. He did not explain why he removed the claims, although there was no evidence that the primary school he said he attended ever existed in Nigeria.

Mr Tinubu, 71, was named as a launderer of proceeds of drug trafficking in U.S. court documents in 1993. He forfeited $460,000 at the time.


The records formed a key part of an ongoing challenge to Mr Tinubu’s election as president of Nigeria before a tribunal hearing election petitions in Abuja. This prompted Mr Greenspan, who runs PlainSite, a website that holds files from American courts and institutions, to file multiple requests to U.S. authorities in possession of documents that could help clarify some of the crucial questions upsetting Nigerian minds.

The State Department is believed to have records of whether or not the person who applied for a U.S. visa and travelled as Bola Tinubu in the 1970s is the same person running Nigeria today.

The FBI could throw more light on how Mr Tinubu became involved in drugs in the U.S. and other criminal charges that he might have faced but which were not in public records.


“This office will not be able to respond within the 20 days provided by the statute due to unusual circumstances,” the State Department said in a May 15, 2023, letter to Mr Greenspan.

Previously on August 4, 2022, the FBI sent a message to Mr Greenspan, saying: “Please be advised that ‘unusual circumstances’ apply to the processing of your request.”

But on March 22, 2023, the FBI said it would try to release all documents relating to Mr Tinubu in its possession, but not until January 2026 at the earliest. Other agencies, including the Department of Treasury’s Internal Revenue Service and the Drug Enforcement Administration, also said they wouldn’t release the documents on the same grounds.

The FBI also said Mr Greenspan “failed to demonstrate that the requested information is in the public interest because it is likely to contribute significantly to public understanding of the operations and activities of the government.” But the activist promptly responded by detailing how Mr Tinubu’s drug forfeiture case in Chicago drew the most eyes to his organisation’s website over the past year. The website has over 15 million records.

All the agencies have now been summoned to appear in court to show course why records relating to a Nigerian president were deemed unusual and inconsequential to be released to the public.

On July 17, assistant U.S. attorney Jared Littman entered an appearance as the lawyer representing all the agencies, and promptly requested a delay until August 28, 2023, to file a response to the lawsuit, which was instituted on June 12, 2023.

https://gazettengr.com/we-cant-release-tinubus-criminal-cases-immigration-records-till-2026-due-to-unusual-circumstances-fbi-state-department-say/

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Re: We Can’t Release Tinubu’s Criminal Cases, Immigration Records Till 2026 - FBI by PointB: 3:51pm On Jul 18, 2023
It seems to mean the FBI has finished cooking this soup, they just want sufficient reason to serve it. We shall have a sumptious feast when the food is served. The Nigerian Escobar will be bursted sooner than later.

The jail house is calling Tinubu. He must answer...

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Re: We Can’t Release Tinubu’s Criminal Cases, Immigration Records Till 2026 - FBI by AntiWailer: 3:54pm On Jul 18, 2023
PointB:
It seems to mean the FBI has finished cooking this soup, they just want sufficient reason to serve it. We shall have a sumptious feast when the food is served. The Nigerian Escobar will be bursted sooner than later.

The jail house is calling Tinubu. He must answer...

Clown,

Na your interpretation be that ?

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Re: We Can’t Release Tinubu’s Criminal Cases, Immigration Records Till 2026 - FBI by Ola9ja23: 3:55pm On Jul 18, 2023
That mean Tinubu is so powerful even more than what American can control according to the headless mobs without direction 😀😂😄


Ekpa they use remote to control them like TV and killing them like chicken on a daily basis but na Tinubu be their problem


Ndi sit at home 😄😂😀

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Re: We Can’t Release Tinubu’s Criminal Cases, Immigration Records Till 2026 - FBI by Raskimonojendor: 3:55pm On Jul 18, 2023
Why can't the FBI release it now. FBI must have collected 100billion naira bribe from Tinubu.

Sarcasm

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Re: We Can’t Release Tinubu’s Criminal Cases, Immigration Records Till 2026 - FBI by CodeTemplar: 3:56pm On Jul 18, 2023
The year Rockefeller said naija will implode.
Re: We Can’t Release Tinubu’s Criminal Cases, Immigration Records Till 2026 - FBI by Ola9ja23: 3:58pm On Jul 18, 2023
Even FBI they fear Tinubu
Re: We Can’t Release Tinubu’s Criminal Cases, Immigration Records Till 2026 - FBI by Bolawhitedust: 3:58pm On Jul 18, 2023
AntiWailer:


Clown,

Na your interpretation be that ?

Shatap that is why it is good to leave the brown roof republic and travel .

Too much gbegiri won't help your thinking.

A case with criminal forfeiture has expiry date to be made public.

Unlike the law of your one Nigeria cajoled by a cocaine sniffing vagabond

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Re: We Can’t Release Tinubu’s Criminal Cases, Immigration Records Till 2026 - FBI by IslamIsIdiotic: 3:59pm On Jul 18, 2023
2026 is a year before the next General elections, so the timing of this announcement is very significant.

Assuming that the Iragbiji Pablo EscoBAT is still alive at that time, this news, coupled with the fact that IPMAN has projected that petroleum pump prices will be around 3,000 per liter of PMS if we continue at the present rate, will certainly shake up his chances of reelection.

Meanwhile the Nigerian Court system will be made into a laughing stock again just like it happened with James Ibori.

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Re: We Can’t Release Tinubu’s Criminal Cases, Immigration Records Till 2026 - FBI by PointB: 4:00pm On Jul 18, 2023
AntiWailer:


Clown,

Na your interpretation be that ?


Clown? Are you referring to your parent or? Kindly clarify.

As for my interpretation, I'm sure you can give yours.

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Re: We Can’t Release Tinubu’s Criminal Cases, Immigration Records Till 2026 - FBI by Nobody: 4:02pm On Jul 18, 2023
PointB:
It seems to mean the FBI has finished cooking this soup, they just want sufficient reason to serve it. We shall have a sumptious feast when the food is served. The Nigerian Escobar will be bursted sooner than later.

The jail house is calling Tinubu. He must answer...
From your small mind.
Re: We Can’t Release Tinubu’s Criminal Cases, Immigration Records Till 2026 - FBI by Obinoscopy(m): 4:34pm On Jul 18, 2023
I'm 100% sure the Nigerian Judiciary can get Tinubu records if they request for it albeit privately. The Judiciary, especially the Supreme Court, has its integrity to protect. If they dismiss this drug case and FBI eventually releases an incriminating report, that will taint the reputation of the Supreme Court.

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Re: We Can’t Release Tinubu’s Criminal Cases, Immigration Records Till 2026 - FBI by Nobody: 4:46pm On Jul 18, 2023
As long he does their bidding, they won't release shishi, especially if he is found guilty of being a bad guy then.
And again, it can't be applied to Nigerian situations. He is free after 10 years to contest any positions. Nothing go happen.

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Re: We Can’t Release Tinubu’s Criminal Cases, Immigration Records Till 2026 - FBI by muykem: 4:50pm On Jul 18, 2023
Campaign after election. Some people get time sha. Even if Tinubu has killed people before, he can't be prosecuted till after his tenure.
Re: We Can’t Release Tinubu’s Criminal Cases, Immigration Records Till 2026 - FBI by Ikaeniyan0: 4:53pm On Jul 18, 2023
PointB:
It seems to mean the FBI has finished cooking this soup, they just want sufficient reason to serve it. We shall have a sumptious feast when the food is served. The Nigerian Escobar will be bursted sooner than later.

The jail house is calling Tinubu. He must answer...
Do you even understand what the OP post?
Re: We Can’t Release Tinubu’s Criminal Cases, Immigration Records Till 2026 - FBI by donkripton(m): 5:04pm On Jul 18, 2023
AntiWailer:


Clown,

Na your interpretation be that ?

Tinubu may go to jail ooo.

Me self dey fear ooo

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Re: We Can’t Release Tinubu’s Criminal Cases, Immigration Records Till 2026 - FBI by Wealthoptulent(m): 5:32pm On Jul 18, 2023
PointB:
We can’t release Tinubu’s criminal cases, immigration records till 2026 due to ‘unusual circumstances’, FBI, State Department say

The agencies have been summoned to appear in court to show course why records relating to a Nigerian president were deemed unusual to be released to the public.

President Bola Tinubu’s criminal and immigration records in possession of the United States won’t be released until 2026, authorities said in court documents seen by Peoples Gazette.

The U.S. State Department and Federal Bureau of Investigation cited ‘unusual circumstances’ for denying to release the records to the public. Following a freedom of information request, the U.S. authorities said even if they were to release the records, it would be at least until January 2026 before they could do so.

A civil lawsuit has now been filed over the matter before Judge Beryl Howell of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in Washington, D.C.

Aaron Greenspan, an American public disclosure activist, had filed a request to the FBI, State Department, Department of Treasury, and Drug Enforcement Administration, among federal and local agencies, seeking an urgent release of Mr Tinubu’s immigration and criminal records.

The filings came as Mr Tinubu maintained in court that he did not commit any crimes during his decades-long residency in the U.S. Mr Tinubu also asserted ownership of his identity, despite strong indications, he might have changed names and education records in the past.

Mr Tinubu’s real identity and education records contain omissions and contradictions that he has not explained to the public. For instance, the Nigerian president had said under oath to the electoral office INEC, while seeking to be Lagos governor in 1999, that he attended the prestigious University of Chicago.

The university has since disowned Mr Tinubu. Another American school, Chicago State University, confirmed a Bola Tinubu attended the school but did not say whether it was the Nigerian president. Documents from the school showed that a person bearing Bola Tinubu, who attended the school in the 1970s, was a female.

Mr Tinubu also stated under oath in 1999 that he attended primary and secondary schools in Lagos and Ibadan in the 1950s and 1960s, but he expunged those assertions from his latest INEC application form ahead of this year’s general elections in February. He did not explain why he removed the claims, although there was no evidence that the primary school he said he attended ever existed in Nigeria.

Mr Tinubu, 71, was named as a launderer of proceeds of drug trafficking in U.S. court documents in 1993. He forfeited $460,000 at the time.


The records formed a key part of an ongoing challenge to Mr Tinubu’s election as president of Nigeria before a tribunal hearing election petitions in Abuja. This prompted Mr Greenspan, who runs PlainSite, a website that holds files from American courts and institutions, to file multiple requests to U.S. authorities in possession of documents that could help clarify some of the crucial questions upsetting Nigerian minds.

The State Department is believed to have records of whether or not the person who applied for a U.S. visa and travelled as Bola Tinubu in the 1970s is the same person running Nigeria today.

The FBI could throw more light on how Mr Tinubu became involved in drugs in the U.S. and other criminal charges that he might have faced but which were not in public records.


“This office will not be able to respond within the 20 days provided by the statute due to unusual circumstances,” the State Department said in a May 15, 2023, letter to Mr Greenspan.

Previously on August 4, 2022, the FBI sent a message to Mr Greenspan, saying: “Please be advised that ‘unusual circumstances’ apply to the processing of your request.”

But on March 22, 2023, the FBI said it would try to release all documents relating to Mr Tinubu in its possession, but not until January 2026 at the earliest. Other agencies, including the Department of Treasury’s Internal Revenue Service and the Drug Enforcement Administration, also said they wouldn’t release the documents on the same grounds.

The FBI also said Mr Greenspan “failed to demonstrate that the requested information is in the public interest because it is likely to contribute significantly to public understanding of the operations and activities of the government.” But the activist promptly responded by detailing how Mr Tinubu’s drug forfeiture case in Chicago drew the most eyes to his organisation’s website over the past year. The website has over 15 million records.

All the agencies have now been summoned to appear in court to show course why records relating to a Nigerian president were deemed unusual and inconsequential to be released to the public.

On July 17, assistant U.S. attorney Jared Littman entered an appearance as the lawyer representing all the agencies, and promptly requested a delay until August 28, 2023, to file a response to the lawsuit, which was instituted on June 12, 2023.

https://gazettengr.com/we-cant-release-tinubus-criminal-cases-immigration-records-till-2026-due-to-unusual-circumstances-fbi-state-department-say/


WAILERS won't like this 😕 grin grin

Another Chance Tunnels (ACT) to CRY
Re: We Can’t Release Tinubu’s Criminal Cases, Immigration Records Till 2026 - FBI by b3llo(m): 5:42pm On Jul 18, 2023
Why can't FBI release the information at its disposal now?

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Re: We Can’t Release Tinubu’s Criminal Cases, Immigration Records Till 2026 - FBI by PointB: 6:12pm On Jul 18, 2023
Ikaeniyan0:
Do you even understand what the OP post?

And who is Op, do you need glasses?
Re: We Can’t Release Tinubu’s Criminal Cases, Immigration Records Till 2026 - FBI by AntiWailer: 6:56pm On Jul 18, 2023
Bolawhitedust:


Shatap that is why it is good to leave the brown roof republic and travel .

Too much gbegiri won't help your thinking.

A case with criminal forfeiture has expiry date to be made public.

Unlike the law of your one Nigeria cajoled by a cocaine sniffing vagabond

Empty people are quick to form they are exposed when in the real sense the emptiness in ur post is very obvious.

Read again and see if the craaao I typed made any sense to u.
Re: We Can’t Release Tinubu’s Criminal Cases, Immigration Records Till 2026 - FBI by Bolawhitedust: 6:58pm On Jul 18, 2023
AntiWailer:


Empty people are quick to form they are exposed when in the real sense the emptiness in ur post is very obvious.

Read again and see if the craaao I typed made any sense to u.

Look well I am not your father

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Re: We Can’t Release Tinubu’s Criminal Cases, Immigration Records Till 2026 - FBI by IslamIsIdiotic: 7:26pm On Jul 18, 2023
Nobody is afraid of Tinubu. Classified documents which have serious diplomatic repercussions such as those concerning a head of state, can't just be released at the drop of a hat.

Ola9ja23:
Even FBI they fear Tinubu
Re: We Can’t Release Tinubu’s Criminal Cases, Immigration Records Till 2026 - FBI by LikeAking: 7:48pm On Jul 18, 2023
IslamIsIdiotic:
Nobody is afraid of Tinubu. Classified documents which have serious diplomatic repercussions such as those concerning a head of state, can't just be released at the drop of a hat.

They are scared.
Re: We Can’t Release Tinubu’s Criminal Cases, Immigration Records Till 2026 - FBI by IslamIsIdiotic: 7:54pm On Jul 18, 2023
Are you saying America is scared of your president?

LikeAking:

They are scared.
Re: We Can’t Release Tinubu’s Criminal Cases, Immigration Records Till 2026 - FBI by LikeAking: 7:57pm On Jul 18, 2023
IslamIsIdiotic:
Are you saying America is scared of your president?


True!
Re: We Can’t Release Tinubu’s Criminal Cases, Immigration Records Till 2026 - FBI by IslamIsIdiotic: 7:58pm On Jul 18, 2023
So why are they promising to release his criminal records a year before he seeks reelection in 2027?

LikeAking:


True!

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Re: We Can’t Release Tinubu’s Criminal Cases, Immigration Records Till 2026 - FBI by LikeAking: 8:03pm On Jul 18, 2023
IslamIsIdiotic:
So why are they promising to release his criminal records a year before he seeks reelection in 2027?


Of what use will that be?

They can still change dia minds or change dia policies bf that time, then give us another story..

Justii delayed is justice denied.
Re: We Can’t Release Tinubu’s Criminal Cases, Immigration Records Till 2026 - FBI by Abujaexpress: 8:11pm On Jul 18, 2023
grin
Raskimonojendor:
Why can't the FBI release it now. FBI must have collected 100billion naira bribe from Tinubu.

Sarcasm
Re: We Can’t Release Tinubu’s Criminal Cases, Immigration Records Till 2026 - FBI by Kukutenla: 8:13pm On Jul 18, 2023
US are unserious. This is how they destabilise third world countries with their bullshit. You're advocating for free, fair and credible elections but you have info that can help voters make informed choices and you're playing ostrich with it.
Whatever they have should have been released before 2023 elections especially to the voting Nigerian public except they have something else up their sleeves

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Re: We Can’t Release Tinubu’s Criminal Cases, Immigration Records Till 2026 - FBI by AntiWailer: 8:46pm On Jul 18, 2023
PointB:



Clown? Are you referring to your parent or? Kindly clarify.

As for my interpretation, I'm sure you can give yours.

M0r0ns from dysfunctional homes are easy to identify on Social Media.
Re: We Can’t Release Tinubu’s Criminal Cases, Immigration Records Till 2026 - FBI by ODUBEZE: 8:53pm On Jul 18, 2023
Fake News!!!
Re: We Can’t Release Tinubu’s Criminal Cases, Immigration Records Till 2026 - FBI by PointB: 9:08pm On Jul 18, 2023
AntiWailer:


M0r0ns from dysfunctional homes are easy to identify on Social Media.

Your parent, right? They didn't bring you up well?

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