By Johnbosco Agbakwuru
The Presidency has clarified that the ongoing Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) litigation involving President Bola Tinubu before a United States federal court is a civil records-disclosure dispute and not a criminal case against the President.
It said: “For clarity, the matter is a civil records-disclosure dispute under the United States Freedom of Information Act. It is not a criminal case against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, nor has the court found him guilty of any criminal wrongdoing.”
The Presidency, in a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, titled: “Clarification on the ongoing Freedom of Information Act case in Washington, DC”, gave a background to the case.
It stated that the matter came up 23 years after the American Consulate in Lagos, in a letter dated February 4, 2003, informed the then Inspector-General of Police, Mr Tafa Balogun, that an FBI records check found no criminal arrest records, wants or warrants for then-Governor Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
