President Bola Tinubu’s legal team joins a U.S. Department of Justice request for additional time related to a bid to obtain records connected to allegations of drug trafficking, according to filings in a U.S. district court.
The parties are responding to a motion seeking the release of records in the District of Columbia. Tinubu’s team files a notice of joinder, asking the court to align his response schedule with that of the other defendants, and to grant a short extension—described by one outlet as a 10-day delay—so the court process can proceed on agreed timelines.
Across the reports, the core point is procedural: Tinubu is not contesting the underlying record request in these accounts, but is joining the U.S. government’s request for more time to respond and/or to provide the records at a later date. The outlets differ mainly in how they describe the timing details and the framing of the request, but both cite the same court venue and the same type of record-release motion tied to alleged drug trafficking.
