The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) have requested a 90-day extension from a U.S. District Court to produce documents related to an alleged drug investigation involving President Bola Tinubu from the 1990s.
This request was made in a joint status report filed on Thursday with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
The case originates from Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests by Aaron Greenspan, an American legal transparency advocate and founder of PlainSite, who is seeking records related to a Chicago-based drug ring and has named Tinubu, along with Lee Andrew Edwards, Mueez Abegboyega Akande, and Abiodun Agbele.
Judge Beryl Howell had previously ordered the FBI and DEA to provide an update on their search and release of non-exempt documents by May 2, 2025.
In their recent filing, the agencies requested more time to complete their searches.
The report stated that they have initiated searches for responsive, non-exempt records and anticipate completing them within 90 days.
Greenspan opposes this delay, arguing that the agencies have already delayed the process for years and that some documents have already been identified.
He proposed a much shorter deadline, suggesting the FBI and DEA complete their searches and productions by next week, or at least provide unredacted versions of identified documents by then, with the rest within 14 days.
The FOIA requests, filed between 2022 and 2023, sought records from multiple federal agencies.
Initially, the FBI and DEA issued “Glomar responses,” neither confirming nor denying the existence of relevant records.
The court later deemed this inappropriate, ordering the agencies to proceed with disclosures.
Greenspan is also seeking reimbursement of $440.22 for filing and mailing costs.
The parties disagree on the timeline for the next joint status report, with the agencies proposing July 31, 2025, and Greenspan pushing for May 31, 2025.
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