Release Tinubu's records now, Atiku tells FBI

Presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar has called on the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to release potentially disclosable records concerning President Bola Tinubu, challenging the FBI's justification of "danger to lives" for withholding information. Abubakar argued that ordinary Nigerians are already suffering and dying due to Tinubu's economic policies, making secrecy ironic.

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The FBI says disclosure could endanger lives. Which lives? Nigerians are already dying.

"The FBI says disclosure could endanger lives. Which lives? Nigerians are already dying," Abubakar stated in a release issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu. He directly linked the current hardship in Nigeria to the removal of fuel subsidies, detailing how the policy has triggered a cascade of negative effects on transportation, food prices, and employment, pushing families to the brink of survival.

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Fuel affects transportation. Transportation affects food prices. Energy affects production. Production affects jobs. All of them determine whether an ordinary Nigerian family can survive until the end of the month.

Abubakar reiterated his pledge to reverse the subsidy removal if elected, proposing an alternative policy he described as accountable and resistant to abuse. Addressing the FBI's specific concerns, he clarified that his request is not for the exposure of undercover agents, confidential sources, or investigative techniques. Instead, he seeks the release of lawfully disclosable material.

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Protect your agents. Protect your sources. Protect legitimate investigative methods. Redact whatever American law genuinely requires you to redact. But do not stretch those protections until they become a bulletproof vest for Tinubu.

"Protect your agents. Protect your sources. Protect legitimate investigative methods. Redact whatever American law genuinely requires you to redact. But do not stretch those protections until they become a bulletproof vest for Tinubu," he urged. Abubakar framed the request as a humanitarian and democratic appeal, asserting Nigerians' right to information about those wielding significant power over their lives, rather than interference in Nigeria's internal affairs.

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Our demand of American law enforcement is not a call to interfere in Nigeria’s politics. It is a humanitarian and democratic appeal rooted in the principle that people have a right to information legitimately available about those who exercise enormous power over their lives.