A federal judge in Washington has just done something no Nigerian court, no Nigerian investigative committee, and no Nigerian election tribunal has been able to do in three decades. She has ordered the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Drug Enforcement Administration to actually search their files, process what they find, and hand over whatever cannot lawfully be withheld, on a matter touching the sitting president of Africa's most populous nation.

President Bola Tinubu joins US Department of Justice motion seeking extended time to respond to court order on FBI investigation files...

The agency wants to submit the explanation ex parte and in camera, meaning the material would be presented directly to the judge without being made available as part of the public…