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The All Progressives Congress on Thursday dismissed critics and opposition figures anticipating damaging revelations from the planned release of files by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Drug Enforcement istration on President Bola Tinubu’s past, labeling them “clowns.”

On April 12, The PUNCH reported that a U.S. court had ordered the FBI and DEA to release files on Tinubu by May 2. The court maintained that the records—linked to a drug trafficking investigation in Chicago in the early 1990s—have been publicly available for over 30 years and pose no new threat to the President’s standing.

This order followed a ruling by Judge Beryl Howell of the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., who directed the agencies to search for and process non-exempt documents in response to Freedom of Information Act requests filed by American legal researcher Aaron Greenspan.

A copy of the ruling, obtained on Sunday, indicated that the FOIA request related to a narcotics ring allegedly involving Tinubu and three others: Lee Andrew Edwards, Mueez Akande, and Abiodun Agbele.

Despite growing anticipation, the Presidency insists there will be no surprises in the files.

President Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, confirmed that government lawyers are reviewing the U.S. court’s order but emphasized that the documents are unlikely to offer any new revelations.

Greenspan, who runs the transparency platform PlainSite, had submitted 12 FOIA requests between 2022 and 2023 seeking information about the early 1990s Chicago drug case.

Until recently, the FBI and DEA had issued “Glomar responses”—neither confirming nor denying the existence of related records. But the court ruled these responses unjustified, requiring the agencies to release any relevant, non-exempt materials.

With the release expected Friday, anxiety has intensified across social media platforms, where Nigerians have spent the week speculating about possible outcomes.

Key opposition figures have weighed in on the matter, expressing a range of expectations.

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, through his media aide Paul Ibe, said Nigerians are eager to see the report’s contents.

“We will wait and see. Nigerians have been anxious ever since the issue was first raised in 1999 by the late Chief Gani Fawehinmi. Now they want to see the full report. It’s understandable,” Ibe said.

The New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) also reacted with caution. Its National Publicity Secretary, Ladipo Johnson, urged Nigerians to temper their expectations.

“There’s a Yoruba proverb that says a groom expecting his bride doesn’t need to stretch his neck. We should read the report before judging its impact. I think many people may end up disappointed—it may not contain anything spectacular,” he said.


But the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) Deputy National Youth Leader, Timothy Osadolor, took a different stance, warning that the release may expose the true nature of Nigeria’s President.

“There’s anxiety because of the President’s efforts to keep the FBI files secret. I pray, for his sake, that the report is not damning. A conviction would violate the Constitution and disqualify him from contesting the election,” Osadolor stated.

He added that the report should be a wake-up call for future leaders on the importance of transparency, describing it as the “hallmark of credible leadership.”

Osadolor questioned why a man alleged to have spent years concealing past investigations would still seek re-election in 2027.

“I salute the U.S. government for deciding to release the documents. Nigerians deserve to know if the President has a clean, dark, or complicated past. That knowledge will shape national perception and determine what actions should follow,” he said.

He further called on the Nigerian judiciary, security agencies, and electoral bodies to “do the needful” if the report contains incriminating evidence.

Meanwhile, the APC’s National Secretary, Senator Ajibola Basiru, dismissed the opposition’s reactions as melodrama.

Describing critics as “comedians,” Basiru emphasized that Nigerian laws—not foreign files—determine who qualifies to be President.

“The FBI is not part of Nigeria’s governmental structure. Many of those in the opposition are clowns. They are suffering from post-election trauma,” he said.

“They’ll need psychiatrists. Nigerian law is clear on presidential qualifications. No one can be removed from office unless it’s in accordance with the Constitution.

“If they want the presidency, they should prepare for 2027 and meet us at the polls. For now, they’re just a bunch of comedians.”

https://punchng.com/political-showdown-looms-over-fbis-tinubu-file-release/

Recycled bunkum

For a government and its lapdogs to even think that a seating president is being associated with a drug scandal wherein a forfeiture was made, then trying to paint it as it is comedy shows how bad Nigeria has sunken under them.

I'd truly be surprised if an outcome would be to dent tinubu's image........

.Not his er though.....

I no even understand . People asked for the docs to be released yet they’re the same ones planning on crying. Na wa o

Journalists don’t really know what to write about

Na waaa for this our President.

A sitting president so scared of his past record

iLoveYouToo:
I no even understand . People asked for the docs to be released yet they’re the same ones planning on crying. Na wa o

Just ask Reno.
He will explain everything to you.

swaggerjack:
Reno Omokri: I Challenge Tinubu To Prove If He Was Not A Drug Lord In Chicago


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NA7PoGtSvKo&feature=youtu.be

I can't wait

A man who has no known classmates, living or dead, no known parents, no known townsmen, might actually turn out to be a woman!

What an intriguing drama it promises to be

Sensational

If lies go on for twenty years, the truth will catch up with it in just one day.

Useless Yoruba citizen expecting a drug Lord and U.S intelligence asset to change their life cos he bears Yoruba name... Awon arindin

anonimi:


Just ask Reno.
He will explain everything to you.

Makes no sense, today is May 2. Why not wait and eat the released content, I’m waiting for the sky to fall

APC has taken Nigeria to its lowest ebb. They had no plans abnitio just Power hungry devils

Recycling one story over and over again for many years.... shame

APC and Tinubu's errands dogs are shameless. Nigeria will be great again.

This tinubu sabi send people false arrand,this guy have successfully captured all his enemies! I understand his type of politics, give them false hope while laughing at them at their back for looking for what’s not lost!

Sebi

Time to use their head again ...

Nigerians can't wait to know whom this man is..

Wen he already on the throne? That can only happen if is yet to be president,....... even if he is contesting, would zombie still not vote for him? Abi no be voters?

Not even Nigeria's voters, they vote without their brains in their skulls.

Senatorial candidate won from prison in the past.

Anyway, the next one month would be busy by attack dogs in Aso rock.

We already kno the stories or will the release of documents changed the story that he was wrongly frame?

Ya'all should stop anticipating a document that is coming nearly 3 years late...record will be as clean as a baby's butt
Opposition should sit firm and tackle them with real issues

Kai

They have being calling Mr President drug Baron. So we just want to confirm something.

The one Atiku obtained before na Tinubu mother, own!

Ewelekeee.

It's over, cardinal emilokan is time to step down

Nigeria is ruled by the worst of the worst and some people are expecting things to get better?