United States District Court of the District of Columbia has declined a request by one Aaron Greenspan seeking to compel US security agencies to promptly release information of President Bola Tinubu including documents on him.
Gatekeepers News reports that Judge Beryl Howell, while declining this on Monday, said there is no hearing to determine if the merits of the motion is necessary.
Judge Howell, in her decision, said Greenspan did not adequately justify his request for an urgent hearing on his motion for expedited release of records, especially against the need to protect Tinubu’s interest.
She ruled, “Plaintiff has not made any representation to the court that the balance of equities tips in his favour or that the granting of his motion would further the public interest.
“Given that the FOIA request is for records that, if any exist, may be of a highly sensitive and private nature and that the subject of those documents, Bola A. Tinubu, has had no opportunity to protect his privacy interests in any such records, the balance of equities militates strongly in favour of denying this emergency motion.”
The Judge added, “Plaintiff’s emergency motion for a hearing to compel immediate document production is denied. No hearing to determine the merits of this motion is necessary.”
This is a developing story.
