FG CLARIFIES ON ONGOING FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT CASE IN WASHINGTON, D.C.

The Presidency has clarified that the ongoing Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) case involving President Bola Ahmed Tinubu before a U.S. federal court is a civil records-disclosure dispute and not a criminal case.

According to the Presidency, the case arose from FOIA requests submitted in 2022 by Aaron Greenspan seeking records relating to President Tinubu. The matter was subsequently filed before the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in 2023.

The Presidency stressed that the court has not found President Tinubu guilty of any criminal wrongdoing, adding that the ongoing proceedings concern the disclosure and redaction of government records under U.S. law. (arise.tv)