FBI Document Shows Bola Tinubu's Actual Date of Birth
- A 2003 letter from a US Embassy legal attaché addressed Bola Tinubu's criminal records after an inquiry from Nigeria's then Inspector General of Police
- The FBI's National Crime Information Centre returned no criminal arrest records, wants, or warrants for Tinubu under the date of birth listed in the document
- Activist Reno Omokri shared the document on X, drawing attention to the date of birth recorded for President Tinubu
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A United States Embassy letter dated February 4, 2003, has resurfaced online, listing President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's date of birth as March 29, 1952, in the findings of a criminal record check conducted by the FBI.
The letter, written by Michael H. Bonner, Legal Attaché at the American Consulate in Lagos, was addressed to Tafa Balogun, who served as Inspector General of Police at the time. It was written in response to a formal inquiry Balogun sent on February 3, 2003, seeking information on Tinubu from the FBI's National Crime Information Centre (NCIC).
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The document was shared on X by an ambassador-designate and former presidential aide Reno Omokri, and bears a certified true copy stamp from the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission in Lagos State.
What the FBI letter said
In the letter, Bonner told Balogun that the NCIC check returned no records of any criminal arrest, outstanding warrants, or wanted notices linked to Bola Ahmed Tinubu, born March 29, 1952.
Bonner described the NCIC as a centralised system that holds criminal arrest and conviction records from across the United States and its territories, making clear what the search could and could not capture.
"The result of the checks were negative for any criminal arrest records, wants, or warrants for Bola Ahmed Tinubu (DOB 29 March 1952), nor information of your department," Bonner wrote.
About the NCIC database
The NCIC is a national database operated by the FBI that tracks criminal history records within the United States. It does not cover financial records, civil proceedings, or foreign criminal histories, meaning a negative result on the NCIC reflects only the absence of a US-based criminal record at the time of the search, not a broader clearance across other jurisdictions or databases.
The letter made no reference to any financial matters or foreign legal proceedings involving Tinubu.
Tinubu's date of birth has been a subject of public debate in Nigeria over the years, making the March 29, 1952 entry in the official US Embassy document a point of note for those following the conversation.
See the document as shared by Reno Omokri on X here:
Tinubu tells US court to block FBI
Legit.ng earlier reported that President Bola Tinubu filed a response in a US district court arguing that records sought by a researcher are protected under US privacy law.
The case stems from FOIA requests filed by Aaron Greenspan seeking FBI and DEA files linked to a Chicago drug-involvement investigation from the early 1990s.
Tinubu's lawyers argued that personal curiosity about a foreign leader does not meet the legal threshold for public interest under FOIA.
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