A Senior Advocate of Nigeria and member of President Bola Tinubu’s legal team in the United States, Wole Afolabi, has argued that the President would have been indicted, arrested and prosecuted if there were evidence linking him to drug trafficking in the United States.
Afolabi made the submission during an appearance on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, while responding to questions about the ongoing legal battle over the release of records held by the United States Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation and Drug Enforcement Administration.
The records are the subject of a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit filed by Aaron Greenspan, who is seeking access to documents relating to Tinubu and past investigations.
The lawyer said the US government had already released thousands of pages of records but was seeking to keep some portions redacted, arguing that disclosure could compromise law enforcement methods, sources and agents.
According to Afolabi, the decision by Tinubu’s legal team to challenge the release of the redacted portions was based on rights available under US law and did not amount to an attempt to conceal incriminating information.
