CSU certificate: Atiku’s aide accuses Tinubu of seeking to stall release of FBI files

<p>Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, has accused President Bola Tinubu of making attempts to block the release of the details of his alleged criminal investigation by American authorities.</p>, <p>He made the accusation in a statement released on Thursday in Abuja.</p>, <p>Tinubu’s lawyers in the US had early in the week filed motions to appear in an ongoing freedom of information action brought against the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) where records that may help answer questions about Bola A. Tinubu’s real identity and decades-long endeavours are domiciled.</p>, <p>Christopher Carmichael, one of the lawyers who represented Tinubu in the recent Chicago State University (CSU) records case, filed the motion, dated October 18, 2023, stating that he was a lawyer in good standing to appear in the case in the FOIA lawsuit underway in Washington D.C.</p>, <p>Reacting to the development, however, Atiku’s aide said Tinubu’s constant attempts to hide details of his past were unbecoming of a man ruling over 200 million people.</p>, <p>He said, “I think it is time for all Nigerians to express serious concern about this man named Bola A. Tinubu, if at all that is his real name.</p>, <p>“Some members of the Tinubu family, led by Rafiu Tinubu, a former Lagos State Head of Service, claimed they don’t know him. Some schools he attended denied him; he has now kept mute over the primary and secondary schools he attended, and he has refused to reveal the identity of his father and even his past.</p>, <p>“He refused to come clean on the details of his settlement with American authorities amid his drug trafficking probe. Now, an attempt is being made to reveal the true details of an investigation, but he has gone ahead trying and block it.</p>, <p>“His surrogates led by Mr Festus Keyamo, had said during the electioneering that the drug investigation launched against him back in 1992 was a tax related matter. So, if that is the