The CIA Did Not In Any Way, Shape or Form Confirm That Tinubu Is an Asset
Nigerians are notoriously gullible, and that is why various individuals have taken advantage of our credulity to sell us different hair-brained ideas, such as that then President Muhammadu Buhari had died… pic.twitter.com/ItYVzt9Krn
— Reno Omokri (@renoomokri) November 13, 2024
Nigerians are notoriously gullible, and that is why various individuals have taken advantage of our credulity to sell us different hair-brained ideas, such as that then President Muhammadu Buhari had died and was replaced in a CIA plot with a clone from Sudan or that General Abacha had died after he was poisoned with an apple by Indian prostitutes, or that former President Olusegun Obasanjo is an Igbo man from Anambra. As the story goes, his father was a former Obi of Onitsha, Igwe Joseph Okwudili Onyejekwe, or General Ibrahim Babangida is a Yoruba man from Ogbomosho.
None of the above stories are true. However, millions of Nigerians swear by them, because we often find the lie more acceptable and palatable than the truth. It is just the nature of many of our people, which is why many Nigerians will argue with you that they have watched Scarface 2 or seen Mammy Water.
Nothing excites us like these tales that ‘Monkey born three pickin, and five out of the tree resemble person.’
That is the case with the latest tittle-tattle, which is that the Central Intelligence Agency has ‘confirmed’ that President Bola Tinubu is a CIA asset.
That is a preposterous lie. The CIA never constructively, effectively, or unintentionally confirmed or affirmed that President Bola Tinubu is a CIA asset.
Almost every day in the United States, different individuals, agencies, and even government departments file Freedom of Information Act requests targeted at the CIA. The CIA is notorious for denying these FOIA requests using exactly the same language, which was quoted today by some persons who have come to the conclusion that the verbiage somehow confirms that President Bola Tinubu is a CIA asset.
There are several cases that Nigerians wishing to have insight into this matter can research. In fact, thousands. But just to help my fellow citizens unravel the truth, they may want to research the following cases, which are publicly available:
Connell V CIA
ACLU V CIA
National Security Archive V CIA
Federation of American Scientists V CIA
Freddom Watch, Inc V CIA
In these cases, Nigerians can study the reasons the CIA gave for refusing the FOIA requests of these individuals and agencies, and you will see that similar language was used, language which can be twisted to mean what the writer wants the public to think it is saying.
Even if you file a FOIA request on yourself as a U.S. citizen or resident, the CIA will likely deny it. As proof, I am attaching a FOIA response to a request filed by an American citizen (name withheld) on himself, authorising and requesting the CIA to release information on him, which the CIA denied.
Nigerians should think for themselves and not be so credulous. God gave us our brains as something more than decorative items. Let us use them.
The document in question does not confirm or suggest that Bola Tinubu is a CIA asset by any stretch of the imagination. Please read it for yourself instead of reading the conclusions of other people.
As Steve Jobs once said:
“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking.”
Reno Omokri
