BOMBSHELL! Presidency Names Top Nigerian Politicians Instigating More Investigation Into Tinubu’s DRUG SCANDAL; SEE Their Names
Daniel Bwala, special adviser to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has revealed the names of powerful politicians in Nigeria who are responsible for instigating further investigation into the president’s alleged drug dealings case.
According to the member of the presidency, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and Nasir El- Rufai, former Kaduna State Governor are to blame for instigating further investigation into the case.
Taking on his X handle, Bwala dismissed the resurgence of reports over President Tinubu’s drug case as “politically motivated nonsense”.
Earlier, Bayo Onanuga, Presidential Spokesman had dismissed the reports, saying “there is nothing new to prove”.
Bwala, on his part, while also reacting to the reports, described it as “Mischievous and politically mechanized nonsense under the guise of US Court Orders FBI and DEA to act.”
The Presidential aide who is also a lawyer, also dismissed the orders allegedly handed to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to release records related to their findings on the issue.
Bwala in reference to the recent visit made to former President Muhammadu Buhari by Atiku Abubakar and Nasir El- Rufai also described their planned coalition as a “wild goose chase”
According to him “They claim the order was given on Tuesday, but it never saw the light of the media until Sunday.
“There is nothing these opposition under the auspices of coalition for a wild goose chase cannot try to do to keep relevance
“They went to meet @MBuhari and it was reported that he insisted the meeting be held in or on camera so that Elrufai would not go and say Buhari is joining SDP and PDP
“Hard as they try, they are still struggling to convince Nigerians that they have any plan at all, needless alternative plan” he said
Note that a United States District Court in Columbia had ordered the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Drug Enforcement Administration to release records relating to the criminal investigation of President Tinubu over alleged drug trafficking.
Judge Beryl Howell, in a ruling dated April 8, which can be found on the court’s website, directed both agencies to search for and process non-exempt records tied to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests filed by American researcher Aaron Greenspan.
Greenspan, founder of legal transparency platform PlainSite, had submitted 12 FOIA requests between 2022 and 2023, seeking information on a Chicago drug ring that operated in the early 1990s.
His request included records on President Tinubu and three others: Lee Andrew Edwards, Mueez Abegboyega Akande, and Abiodun Agbele.
The FBI and DEA had previously issued “Glomar responses”—a refusal to confirm or deny the existence of requested records—but the court ruled that such responses were improper in this case.
The FBI and DEA have now been ordered to conduct a search and release non-exempt materials, while the parties are to report back to the court on the case’s status by May 2, 2025.
The judgment read, “The FBI and DEA have both officially confirmed investigations of Tinubu relating to the drug trafficking ring.
“Any privacy interests implicated by the FOIA requests to the FBI and DEA for records about Tinubu are overcome by the public interest in release of such information.
“Since the FBI and DEA have provided no information to establish that a cognizable privacy interest exists in keeping secret the fact that Tinubu was a subject of criminal investigation.
“They have failed to meet their burden to sustain their Glomar responses and provide an additional reason why these responses must be lifted.”
The court upheld the CIA’s Glomar response after Greenspan conceded that the agency had acknowledged the existence of responsive records.
The judge ruled, “For the reasons discussed above, plaintiff is entitled to summary judgment as to each of the four Glomar responses asserted by defendants FBI and DEA, while defendant CIA is entitled to summary judgment, since its Glomar response was properly asserted.
“Accordingly, the FBI and DEA must search for and process non-exempt records responsive to the FOIA requests directed to these agencies.
“The CIA, meanwhile, is entitled to judgment in its favour in this case. The remaining parties are directed to file jointly, by May 2, 2025, a report on the status of any outstanding issues in this case, as described in the accompanying order.”
Part of the documents submitted by Mr Greenspan to court to back his FOIA case were a verified complaint and accompanying affidavit, filed in the Northern District of Illinois by the DOJ on 26 July 1993.
The documents sought the civil forfeiture of Mr Tinubu’s funds held by First Heritage Bank allegedly connected to the drug trafficking investigation.
The affidavit by Department of Treasury’s Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Special Agent Kevin Moss, who was involved in the investigation, detailed the drug trafficking activities of Mr Agbele which provided the ground for seeking the forfeiture of Mr Tinubu’s funds. It also shared insights into how Mr. Agbele was arrested while selling white heroin to person not known to him to be an undercover agent.
It stated that upon arrival in the United States, “Agbele identified Akande (who has also been linked to Mr. Tinubu) as his uncle and stated that Akande provided him (Agbele) an apartment in Hammond, Indiana,” citing “investigating agents of DEA” as the source of this information.
Subsequently, Mr. Agbele was arrested and agreed to cooperate” with the investigation.
The affidavit also stated that further investigation by DEA disclosed a lease application completed by Mr. Agbele.
Mr. Moss’s affidavit confirmed that both the FBI and DEA investigated Mr Tinubu in the wider probe into the drug trafficking activities of Mr. Agbele and other members of his ring.
It confirmed that “there is probable cause to believe that funds in certain bank accounts controlled by Bola Tinubu were involved in financial transactions” in violation of US laws “and represent proceeds of drug trafficking.”
It stated that seeking to target Mr. Tinubu’s funds arose from “investigation of money laundering of the proceeds of a heroin distribution organisation in the Chicago area.” The clues relied on were said to include “information provided by Special Agents of the IRS, DEA, (and) FBI.”
Although Mr. Tinubu forfeited the suspected funds, he has consistently denied wrongdoings. He has also never been charged with any criminal offence in the case.
In Onanuga’s response to the report, he said the information being sought did not indict President Tinubu.
According to Onanuga, “Journalists have sought the Presidency’s reaction to the ruling last Tuesday by a Washington DC judge ordering the US FBI and DEA to release reports connected with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
“There is nothing new to be revealed. The report by Agent Moss of the FBI and the DEA report have been in the public space for more than 30 years. The reports did not indict the Nigerian leader. The lawyers are examining the ruling.”
