BREAKING: Huge Relief as US Court Rejects Request to Compel FBI, CIA to Release Tinubu’s Documents
- The move for the release of Bola Tinubu's confidential records in the United States has suffered a setback
- The US court has ruled against Aaron Greenspan’s motion urging the FBI and other American law enforcement authorities to release Tinubu's documents
- In a ruling on Monday, October 23, Judge Beryl Howell held that the request by the transparency activist lacked substance
The court has delivered its judgment regarding the move to get the American law enforcement authorities to release President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's confidential records to Aaron Greenspan.
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In a ruling on Monday, October 23, the United States District Court of the District of Columbia dismissed a request by Greenspan seeking to compel US security agencies to urgently release information, including documents to him about President Tinubu.
As reported by The Nation, Judge Beryl A. Howell declined Greenspan’s request filed on Friday, October 20, on the grounds that he failed to satisfy the relevant conditions for the grant of such a prayer contained in a motion for an emergency hearing.
Why Greenspan asked for access to Tinubu's documents
Greenspan had filed the emergency motion seeking to compel the law authorities to immediately release the documents in view of Monday's hearing of appeals by Atiku and Obi by the Supreme Court.
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He pleaded for a quick release of the documents as, according to him, they must be presented at the Supreme Court.
Greenspan told the US court that the Supreme Court deliberately moved the hearing of the appeals by Atiku and Obi to yesterday to render his suit before the US court nugatory.
But Ms Howell ruled on Monday night that:
“Plaintiff’s emergency motion for a hearing to compel immediate document production is denied,” adding, “No hearing to determine the merits of this motion is necessary.”
Certificate saga: "Atiku’s CSU Evidence is Inadmissible", Tinubu tells Supreme Court
Meanwhile, President Tinubu earlier urged the Supreme Court not to admit additional evidence of his certificate that was released to Atiku Abubakar by the Chicago State University (CSU).
Tinubu noted that Atiku, did not meet the requisite condition precedent to enable the apex court to admit the documents in evidence.
Atiku, however, insisted that the issue of Tinubu's academic records was a weighty matter and urged the Supreme Court to admit it as fresh evidence.
What happens if CSU rescinds Tinubu's certificate?
Earlier, Legit.ng reported that a commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mallam Mohammed Haruna, said President Tinubu “may still have a leg to stand on” if the institutions he attended in the United States decide to revoke his degrees.
Mallam Haruna said this while responding to an October 7 piece by US-based Nigerian scholar, Professor Farooq Kperogi.
Source: Legit.ng
