A plea by one Aaron Greenspan to compel US security services to immediately divulge information about President Bola Tinubu, including documents on him, was denied by the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
While rejecting this on Monday, Judge Beryl Howell stated that there is no hearing to ascertain whether the motion’s merits are required.
According to Judge Howell’s ruling, Greenspan did not fully explain why he needed an urgent hearing on his application for the data to be released quickly, especially given the need to safeguard Tinubu’s interests.
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, “The 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.”
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