{"id":12838,"date":"2026-09-25T13:37:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T13:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/?p=12838"},"modified":"2026-09-25T13:37:24","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T13:37:24","slug":"alleged-drug-trafficking-why-tinubus-files-have-not-been-released-us-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/2026\/09\/25\/alleged-drug-trafficking-why-tinubus-files-have-not-been-released-us-agency\/","title":{"rendered":"Alleged drug trafficking: Why Tinubu\u2019s files have not been released \u2013 US agency"},"content":{"rendered":"

The United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA, has defended its decision to withhold specific investigative records related to an ongoing probe involving Nigerian President Bola Tinubu.<\/p>\n

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In a court filing on September 23, 2026, the US government said it hid parts of the files to protect its sources and investigative methods.<\/p>\n

The case, filed under the Freedom of Information Act before a Washington, DC, court, involves sensitive details related to law enforcement.<\/p>\n

American activist Aaron Greenspan filed the case. He requested old records from US agencies on investigations linked to Tinubu and others.<\/p>\n

The latest filing was the US government\u2019s defence for why the DEA refused to release some of those files.<\/p>\n

The government said the DEA used sworn statements and a detailed index to explain why some parts of the files cannot be released under US freedom of information laws.<\/p>\n

It said the DEA files contain different investigation reports written during its operations, including reports labelled DEA-6, DEA-292 and DEA-210.<\/p>\n

The agency said information about its confidential sources is highly protected under US freedom of information law.<\/p>\n

\u201cDue to the significant protections afforded to prevent the disclosure of this type of information, DEA determined that the significance of exempting this type of information outweighed the relatively insignificant public interest in the disclosure of the information,\u201d the agency said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA, has defended its decision to withhold specific investigative records related to an ongoing probe involving Nigerian President Bola Tinubu. In a court filing on September 23, 2026,...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12839,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t