Alleged drug trafficking: Why Tinubu’s files have not been released – US agency

The United States Drug Enforcement Administration, DEA, has defended its determination to withhold circumstantial investigative records related to an ongoing probe involving Nigerian President Bola Tinubu.

In a tribunal filing connected September 23, 2026, the US authorities said it hid parts of the files to support its sources and investigative methods.

The case, filed nether the Freedom of Information Act earlier a Washington DC court, involves delicate details linked to instrumentality enforcement.

The lawsuit was filed by American activistic Aaron Greenspan. He requested aged records from US agencies connected investigations linked to Tinubu and others.

The latest filing was the US government’s defence for wherefore the DEA refused to merchandise immoderate of those files.

The authorities said the DEA utilized sworn statements and a elaborate scale to explicate wherefore immoderate parts of the files cannot beryllium released nether US state of accusation laws.

It said the DEA files incorporate antithetic probe reports written during its operations, including reports labelled DEA-6, DEA-292 and DEA-210.

The bureau said accusation astir its confidential sources is highly protected nether US state of accusation law.