A US federal court in Washington, DC denies a bid to obtain limited discovery involving Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu and DCI Group in an ongoing Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) dispute. The court rules that the proposed discovery is not sufficiently relevant to the FOIA case at the centre of the litigation, which involves the FBI and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
Across the reports, the requested discovery is tied to allegations about cyberattacks on an individual’s website. Premium Times and Vanguard both describe a motion filed by Aaron Greenspan seeking discovery from Tinubu and DCI Group, while Daily Post Nigeria similarly says the court rejects the request in the FOIA matter.
The outlets largely agree on the key procedural outcome: the US District Court for the District of Columbia denies the discovery bid. They differ mainly in emphasis, including how they describe the court’s reasoning and the framing of what the discovery sought to achieve within the broader FOIA litigation.
