President Bola Tinubu has filed a challenge in a United States court seeking to block the release of records linked to allegations of drug trafficking involving him.

The 16-page court documents, filed by his legal team comprising Christopher W. Carmichael, Victor P. Henderson and Oluwole O. Afolabi, argued that releasing the records could infringe on the President’s privacy.

The lawyers asked the court to deny a motion seeking the release of the documents and allow redactions or withholding of records by the FBI and DEA to stand.

They argued that the fact that some information about Tinubu may have appeared in public records did not remove his privacy interest in undisclosed details contained in investigative files.

The records are being sought by American transparency activist Aaron Greenspan, who filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against several US government agencies.

Greenspan’s requests include the FBI’s entire file on Tinubu and FBI Form 302 interview records relating to the period between 1992 and 1993.

The case also involves records connected to a 1993 civil forfeiture proceeding in the United States involving about $460,000 linked to Tinubu.

Tinubu has denied wrongdoing.

The President’s legal team maintained that Greenspan’s request was primarily aimed at obtaining documents containing Tinubu’s name and urged the court to uphold the agencies’ proposed redactions and withholdings.