The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Central
Intelligence Agency (CIA) have declined request to make public documents
relating to President Bola Tinubu.
The two U.S. agencies said Tinubu has “privacy rights that
should be considered”.
Responding to a motion by Aaron Greenspan, an American who
is seeking a reconsideration of an ealier ruling, the law enforcement agencies
said the plaintiff is merely seeking to reargue his position on which the court
has already ruled.
The agencies asked the court to deny the plaintiff’s motion
for reconsideration.
The Court properly characterized that motion as a motion for
a temporary restraining order and determined that plaintiff did not satisfy his
burden of showing that he would succeed on the merits as to FOIA exemptions and
irreparable injury is likely, and the balance of equities favor him or granting
the motion would further the public interest because Tinubu has privacy
interests that should be considered,” the agencies said in their response to
Greenspan’s motion.
The development comes after the US court for the district of
Columbia rejected an emergency request by Greenspan on the release of the
confidential information about Tinubu.
Greenspan, in the application had sought to compel the FBI,
CIA, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and Internal Revenue Service (IRS),
to hasten the release of Tinubu’s dossier.
Declining the request, Beryl Howell, the district judge, had
said Greenspan did not meet the preconditions for granting a request of that
nature.
The judge said the request “may be of a highly sensitive and
private nature” and that “the subject of those documents, Bola A. Tinubu, has
had no opportunity to protect his privacy interests in any such records”.
Greenspan had accused the law enforcement agencies of
violating the freedom of information act by not releasing the confidential
information within the stipulated time.
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