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FBI Informs US Court Of Former Mobster’s Death, Allegedly Linked To President Tinubu


 The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has informed a federal court in the United States that a former Chicago mobster, previously linked to President Bola Tinubu, has passed away. This disclosure occurred on Wednesday within the context of an ongoing freedom of information lawsuit at the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in Washington D.C.

As reported by Peoples Gazette, U.S. authorities, as stated in a court filing, revealed, "In light of receiving information that appears to confirm Mr. Edwards' death, DEA has begun its search for responsive records pertaining to him."

Although officials did not disclose the time and circumstances of Edwards' death, the disclosure hinted at a potential impact on the timeline of future disclosures in the ongoing matter.

The platform alleged that this announcement followed government attempts to withhold information concerning Tinubu's involvement in an extensive drug enterprise in Chicago.

Peoples Gazette further asserted that government-released documents had previously indicated Edwards, along with Tinubu, was a prominent member of a drug mafia operating in the northwestern U.S. during the 1980s, with investigators believing Tinubu held a leadership position within the syndicate.

However, documents related to Tinubu are still being concealed, and the FBI has submitted conflicting statements to the court.

Aaron Greenspan, a public transparency activist who filed the freedom of information suit in collaboration with Nigerian journalist David Hundeyin, accused the FBI of downplaying the volume of records related to the Nigerian president in its possession.

In a joint-status report entered on December 5, 2023, Greenspan stated, "The FBI and other federal authorities have not conducted an adequate search and are underrepresenting the number of pages responsive" to his request.

While the FBI has released hundreds of pages of records concerning Mr. Tinubu's associates, including Mr. Edwards and Adegboyega Mueez Akande, the entire file released thus far has been extensively edited to remove any mention of Mr. Tinubu's name or clues to his role.

Greenspan urged the court to instruct the FBI to promptly and comprehensively release the records with Mr. Tinubu's name and role included. He cited an already-public case file in Chicago detailing how Tinubu forfeited over $460,000 in narcotics proceeds as evidence that the FBI's files on Mr. Tinubu can no longer be concealed.

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