Tinubu listed defendants in the lawsuit to include the Executive Office for US Attorneys, the U.S. Department of State, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the Internal Revenue Service, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
The President brought the application as an intervenor following a Freedom of Information request made by an IT consultant, Aaron Greenspan, on July 21, 2022
Citing “unusual circumstances,” the concerned agencies had hitherto vowed to keep the lid on the sought records, saying Tinubu’s files won’t be made public until 2026. However, the applicants have remained dogged in their push for an early release of the documents.
