The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is set to release approximately 2,500 documents related to President Bola Tinubu from its database. This move comes in response to a freedom of information request, and the FBI plans to start releasing the documents at a rate of 500 pages per month, beginning at the end of October 2023.
The decision to release these documents follows initial reluctance by the FBI to comply with the request, which was originally filed in 2022 by Aaron Greenspan, in collaboration with journalist David Hundeyin. This disclosure is expected to provide clarity on various aspects of President Tinubu’s history, including when he first entered the U.S., the name under which he entered, and his activities since then. It may also shed light on his forfeiture of $460,000 over drug-related charges in Chicago during the 1990s.
President Tinubu’s background has been a subject of mystery for many Nigerians, with questions about his parentage and childhood education remaining unanswered. Additionally, various U.S. agencies, including the State Department, Internal Revenue Service, Drug Enforcement Agency, and Central Intelligence Agency, have indicated their readiness to release thousands of pages of records related to Bola Tinubu in compliance with the law.