CIA Confirms Nigeria’s President Tinubu As Active Asset To U.S – David Hundeyin

Nigerian journalist, David Hundeyin has accused President Bola Tinubu of being an asset of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), a civilian foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the United States.

Taking to his X page, David Hundeyin revealed that the CIA confirmed that President Tinubu is an active asset to the U.S.

This was confirmed in a U.S. District Court filing where the CIA, FBI, and DEA submitted a memorandum opposing the motion for summary judgment in the case involving the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request about Tinubu’s drug trafficking investigation records.

The journalist noted that the case seeks to have the redactions removed from the partially released files.

An excerpt from the CIA filing reads, “Human sources can be expected to furnish information to the CIA only when they are confident the CIA can and will do everything in its power to prevent the public disclosure of their cooperation.

In the case of a person who has been cooperating with the CIA, official confirmation of that cooperation could cause the targets to take retaliatory action against that person or against their family or friends.

“It also places in jeopardy every individual with whom the cooperating individual has had contact.

“Thus, the indiscretion of one source in a chain of intelligence sources can damage an entire spectrum of sources. As such, confirming or denying the existence of records on a particular foreign national, like Tinubu, reasonably could be expected to cause damage to U.S. national security by indicating whether or not the CIA maintained any human intelligence sources related to Tinubu, and identifying any access or lack of access any such sources had to intelligence concerning him.”

The filing added: “We oppose full, unredacted disclosure of the DEA’s Bola Tinubu heroin trafficking investigation records because we believe that while Nigerians have a right to be informed about what their government is up to, they do not have a right to know what their president is up to.”

David Hundeyin lamented that the situation clearly highlights the role the U.S. government plays in Africa’s instability by supporting corrupt leaders who contribute to poverty and destruction.

“At this point, I think there is nothing more to be said about the direct role that the US government plays in ensuring that Africa is constantly destabilised and afflicted with terrible leaders who create poverty and devastation.

“Well, let’s see what the Trump era will bring,’ he added.

Yesterday in federal court, the CIA, FBI, and DEA filed a memorandum opposing our motion for summary judgment in the FOIA disclosure case about President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s drug trafficking investigation records, where we are seeking to have the redactions removed from the… pic.twitter.com/4XldyW3yHJ

— David Hundeyin (@DavidHundeyin) November 12, 2024

KanyiDaily recalls that President Bola Tinubu recently traveled to Saudi Arabia to participate in the Joint Arab-Islamic Summit.