Fadar Shugaban Ƙasa ta ce shari’ar Tinubu a Amurka batun bayar da bayanai ne, ba laifin aikata zamba ba

• Mai magana da yawun shugaban ƙasa Bayo Onanuga ya ce babu wata kotun Amurka da ta same shi da laifin aikata laifi

Fadar Shugaban Ƙasa ta ce shari’ar da ake yi a Amurka kan bayanan da suka shafi Shugaba Bola Ahmed Tinubu shari’a ce ta farar hula da ta shafi dokar Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), ba shari’ar aikata laifi ba.

Mai magana da yawun shugaban ƙasa, Bayo Onanuga, ya bayyana hakan ne a cikin bayanin da Premium Times ta rawaito, yana mai cewa shari’ar ta shafi neman a bayyana wasu bayanai da hukumomin Amurka ke riƙe da su.

“Batun shari’a ce ta farar hula kan bayyana bayanai ƙarƙashin dokar Freedom of Information Act ta Amurka. Ba shari’ar aikata laifi ba ce da ake yi wa Shugaba Bola Ahmed Tinubu, kuma babu wata kotu da ta same shi da laifin aikata wani laifi,” in ji Onanuga.

Fadar Shugaban Ƙasar ta zargi wasu ƴan adawa da karkatar da ma’anar shari’ar, wadda ta shafi wani ɓangare na ƙwace kuɗaɗen da Tinubu ya miƙa wa gwamnatin Amurka a shekarar 1993 a lokacin da ake gudanar da bincike kan zarge-zargen da suka shafi miyagun ƙwayoyi.

Onanuga ya ce kotu ce za ta yanke hukunci kan bayanan da za a iya fitarwa, bisa hujjoji, dokokin da suka dace da kuma hujjojin da ɓangarorin shari’ar suka gabatar.

Ya kuma yi watsi da kalaman wani mai rajin ganin an bayyana bayanai, Karl von Batten, yana mai cewa Batten da wanda yake wakilta, tsohon mataimakin shugaban ƙasa Atiku Abubakar, ba sa cikin ɓangarorin shari’ar.

Onanuga ya kuma ambaci wata wasiƙa daga Ofishin Jakadancin Amurka da ke Legas mai kwanan wata 4 ga Fabrairu, 2003, wadda ya ce ta sanar da tsohon Sufeto-Janar na Ƴan Sandan Najeriya, Tafa Balogun, cewa binciken bayanan FBI bai gano wani tarihin kama Tinubu da laifi, sammacin kama shi ko wani umarnin kama shi ba a lokacin da yake gwamnan Legas.

Abin da shari’ar ta ƙunsa

A cewar Premium Times, wani mai fafutukar tabbatar da gaskiya daga Amurka, Aaron Greenspan, da ɗan jaridar Najeriya David Hundeyin sun gabatar da buƙatun FOIA da dama tsakanin 2022 da 2023 domin neman bayanan da suka shafi Tinubu da Abiodun Agbele.

Buƙatun sun shafi bayanan wani bincike na haɗin gwiwa da FBI, Hukumar Yaƙi da Miyagun Ƙwayoyi ta Amurka (DEA), Hukumar Haraji ta Amurka (IRS) da ofisoshin lauyoyin gwamnatin Amurka a Illinois da Indiana.

Greenspan ya ce bayanan sun shafi matakan da aka ɗauka wajen yanke shawarar gurfanar da wasu mutane kan ayyukan wata ƙungiyar fataucin hodar ibilis da ta yi aiki a Chicago a farkon shekarun 1990.

Mutanen da aka ambata a buƙatunsa sun haɗa da Tinubu, Lee Andrew Edwards, Mueez Akande da Agbele.

Hukumomin Amurka sun fara ba da abin da ake kira “Glomar response”, wata hanya ta doka da ke ba hukuma damar ƙin tabbatarwa ko musanta kasancewar wasu bayanai idan yin hakan zai iya fallasa bayanan da doka ta kare.

Greenspan ya ƙalubalanci matakin a gaban Ofishin Manufofin Bayanan Jama’a na Ma’aikatar Shari’a ta Amurka, amma ofishin ya tabbatar da matakin.

Daga bisani, a ranar 12 ga Yuni, 2023, ya shigar da ƙara kan FBI, DEA, IRS, Executive Office for US Attorneys da Ma’aikatar Harkokin Wajen Amurka. Daga baya CIA ta shiga cikin waɗanda ake ƙara.

Kotu ta kuma ba Tinubu damar shiga shari’ar a matsayin intervenor.

FBI ta miƙa bayanan binciken ga alƙali

A halin yanzu, FBI ta miƙa wa wata kotun tarayya da ke Washington, D.C., bayanan da suka shafi binciken shekarar 1993, amma an ɓoye bayanan daga jama’a.

A cewar takardun kotu da Premium Times ta ambata, an miƙa bayanan ga Alƙali Beryl Howell na Kotun Gundumar Amurka da ke District of Columbia a ranar 28 ga Agusta, bisa umarnin kotu na 20 ga Agusta.

An miƙa bayanan “under seal, ex parte, in camera”, wato alƙali ne kawai zai duba su a sirrance, ba tare da miƙa su ga Greenspan ko jama’a ba.

FBI da DEA sun gabatar da shafuka 399 na bayanai, sai dai an ɓoye wasu sassa bisa tanade-tanaden dokokin Amurka. Greenspan na ƙalubalantar wannan ɓoyewar tare da neman a fitar da ƙarin bayanai.

Yana da wa’adi har zuwa 11 ga Satumba domin gabatar da martani ga takardun da waɗanda ake ƙara da Tinubu suka gabatar. FBI, DEA da Tinubu kuma suna da wa’adi har zuwa 18 ga Satumba domin ba da amsarsu.

Hukuncin kotu zai tabbatar da ko za a fitar da ƙarin bayanan da Greenspan ke nema ko kuma su ci gaba da kasancewa ƙarƙashin kariyar dokokin da hukumomin Amurka da Tinubu suka dogara da su.

Tinubu ya ƙalubalanci fitar da bayanan

Lokacin da Tinubu ya shiga shari’ar, lauyoyinsa sun ce bayanan da ake nema na iya ƙunsar bayanan haraji na sirri da bayanan binciken hukumomin tsaro waɗanda dokokin Amurka ke karewa.

Sun kuma ce fitar da bayanan binciken na iya tauye haƙƙin sirrin Tinubu, ko da kuwa wasu bayanai kan batun ƙwace kuɗaɗen shekarar 1993 sun riga sun bayyana a bainar jama’a.

“Ko da an riga an bayyana wasu bayanai a cikin shari’ar ƙwace kuɗaɗen, wanda ake wakilta har yanzu yana da haƙƙin sirri kan yiwuwar bayyana bayanan binciken da mai ƙara ke nema,” in ji lauyoyinsa.

Shari’ar ta kuma shafi ƙwace dala 460,000 daga Tinubu da gwamnatin Amurka ta yi a shekarar 1993. A cewar takardun da aka ambata a shari’ar, hukumomin Amurka sun danganta kuɗaɗen da ribar fataucin miyagun ƙwayoyi.

FBI da DEA sun kare matakin ɓoye wasu bayanai, suna danganta hakan da kariyar da dokar Amurka ta tanada kan shari’o’in grand jury, sadarwar lauya da wanda yake wakilta, bayanan hukumomin tsaro, sirrin mutane, majiyoyin sirri da hanyoyin gudanar da bincike.

Tinubu ma ya dogara da wani tanadin FOIA da ya shafi kare sirrin mutum.

Saboda haka, bayanan da aka miƙa wa Alƙali Howell suna jiran hukuncin kotu kan ko FBI da DEA suna da ikon doka na hana fitar da bayanan ko ɓoye wasu sassansu.