Greenspan sent his demand on October 8, looking for to have the court think about the extra records in assistance of his different application for authorization to look for restricted discovery from Tinubu.
Attorneys representing Nigerian President Bola Tinubu have actually asked a United States federal court to decline a demand by American openness activist Aaron Greenspan looking for to have actually extra records thought about in a suit including the FBI and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
In a filing dated October 15, 2026, Tinubu’s attorneys opposed Greenspan’s ask for the court to take judicial notification of public records connecting to declared hacking activities, criminal procedures and media reports.
The case, submitted at the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, includes Greenspan’s efforts to get records from the FBI and DEA associating with examinations including Tinubu and Nigerian business person Abubakar Agbele in the 1990s.
Greenspan sent his demand on October 8, looking for to have the court think about the extra records in assistance of his different application for approval to look for restricted discovery from Tinubu.
Discovery is the legal procedure through which celebrations can look for pertinent files or info from others associated with a case.
In his application, Greenspan argues that the records offer a basis for examining possible attacks versus him and his site. Tinubu’s legal representatives, nevertheless, compete that the products do not develop the connection Greenspan looks for to draw.
Tinubu’s Lawyers Challenge Timing Of Request
In their action, Tinubu’s attorneys argued that Greenspan’s demand came far too late, having actually been submitted more than a week after his reply supporting his ask for minimal discovery.
They likewise argued that 176 pages of extra product referenced in Greenspan’s October 8 filing had actually been offered earlier and need to have been consisted of in his previous submissions.
The legal representatives even more contested Greenspan’s dependence on report and claims included in court files.
“News short articles are not suitable for judicial notification for the fact, material, or accuracy of their claims,” they argued.
They preserved that although a court might acknowledge the presence of a file, doing so does not develop that the accusations included in it hold true.
The attorneys likewise indicated criminal indictments, arguing that they consist of accusations that might not have actually been shown.
Their objection difficulties Greenspan’s effort to utilize the extra records to support his ask for authorization to pursue additional discovery.
Greenspan Cites Alleged Hacking Of Climate Activists
In his October 8 filing, Greenspan asked the court to think about records connecting to a supposed hacking project that targeted environment activists, along with criminal procedures including Israeli nationals Amit Forlit and Aviram Azari.
Forlit was charged in the United States with conspiracy to devote computer system hacking, conspiracy to dedicate wire scams and wire scams. Azari pleaded guilty to offenses consisting of conspiracy to devote computer system hacking and wire scams and was sentenced to 80 months in jail in 2023.
Greenspan pointed out the procedures and other records that declare that hackers targeted environment activists which info gotten through the supposed operation was passed to a Washington-based lobbying company.
Greenspan pointed out other court records and media reports determining the company as DCI Group and the customer as ExxonMobil.
DCI Group has actually rejected the claims of participation in hacking, explaining them as “incorrect and dubious,” according to a National Public Radio report consisted of in Greenspan’s filing.
Greenspan composed: “Plaintiff asks the Court to discover the presence of these records and what they specify, and by whom, not the fact of any accusation they include.”
He likewise acknowledged that no DCI entity had actually been charged in connection with the accusations.
Greenspan Alleges Connection To Nigerian Government Contract
Greenspan’s filing likewise describes DCI Group AZ, LLC, an associated entity that he states gets $750,000 each month from Tinubu’s federal government.
He even more declares that an account handled by the entity released a post assaulting him on August 5, 2026.
Greenspan argues that the records he sent supply a basis for examining whether there is a connection in between the supposed hacking activities explained in the earlier procedures and possible attacks versus him.
“These records even more show that Plaintiff’s ask for discovery rests on a fair bit moreover,” he composed.
He stated the subpoena he looks for would be restricted to files worrying him, the present suit or attacks on his site.
The claims in Greenspan’s filing do not develop that DCI Group AZ, the Nigerian federal government or any other celebration bought or brought out attacks versus him. Nor do the products develop that the supposed hacking operation including environment activists was linked to the attacks he states he experienced.
Tinubu’s Lawyers Say Connection Is Speculative
In their reaction, Tinubu’s attorneys challenged Greenspan’s effort to connect the supposed historic hacking activities to his present case.
They argued that the proposed connection was speculative which Greenspan had actually not shown that the supposed activities were associated with the concerns before the court.
The legal representatives likewise questioned whether the supposed hacking had any connection to the suit instead of other topics Greenspan goes over openly, consisting of expert system, OpenAI, Elon Musk and Jeffrey Epstein.
They asked the court to turn down Greenspan’s demand. They asked that any judicial notification be restricted to court records from the different Azari case, while making clear that the claims consisted of in those records may not be real.
The reaction likewise described a federal government registration file suggesting that DCI Group AZ, LLC was maintained by Aster Legal in December 2025 for 6 months to lobby on behalf of the Republic of Nigeria on West African security concerns.
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