FBI Filing Confirms Tinubu Was Subject of 1990s US Criminal Investigation
A sworn FBI declaration filed in a US federal court says President Bola Ahmed Tinubu was among people investigated by the FBI and DEA in connection with a Chicago-based heroin-trafficking and money-laundering probe in the early 1990s. The filing is part of an ongoing Freedom of Information Act case seeking US law-enforcement records related to Tinubu. A 2025 ruling ordered the FBI and DEA to search for and process non-exempt documents after the court found that public Justice Department filings had acknowledged his status as an investigation subject. The court records do not establish that Tinubu committed a drug-trafficking offence, and they do not amount to a criminal charge or conviction. Some records remain withheld or redacted under US disclosure exemptions, while Tinubu's legal team has opposed further release of documents.
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