US court case on Tinubu’s past forfeiture is civil, not criminal matter – Presidency

The presidency says the ongoing US court case involving President Bola Tinubu is a civil matter and not a criminal matter.

The Presidency has noted recent speculative reports concerning an ongoing Freedom of Information Act case before the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.

Here is the background to the case, which comes 23 years after the American Consulate in Lagos, in a letter dated February 4, 2003, informed the then Inspector General of Police, Mr Tafa Balogun, that an FBI records check found no criminal arrest records, wants, or warrants for then Governor Bola Ahmed Tinubu.