BREAKING: US Plaintiff Greenspan Seeks Court Permission To Question Tinubu Over Cyberattacks On His Website
BREAKING: US Plaintiff Greenspan Seeks Court Permission To Question Tinubu Over Cyberattacks On His Website Greenspan is asking the court for permission to send Tinubu six written questions, four requests for admission and one request for documents.
Greenspan is seeking permission from the court to question Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu regarding repeated cyberattacks on his website. The American plaintiff, who has sued the FBI and DEA for releasing old records connected to Tinubu, filed the request on September 9, 2026, in the US District Court for the District of Columbia. Greenspan is not accusing Tinubu of ordering the attacks, but the timing of the incidents and developments in his lawsuit suggest someone was closely watching the case.
Greenspan wants to send Tinubu six written questions, four requests for admission, and one request for documents. He also seeks a subpoena to force DCI Group AZ, a Washington public affairs firm paid by the Nigerian government, to produce documents. Greenspan first approached Tinubu's lawyers, but they rejected the request, stating that it was not proper in a FOIA action and not related to the case.
The FBI and DEA have not responded to Greenspan's request. PlainSite, Greenspan's website, has been targeted by several distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks since April 2025. Some attacks in August 2026 reached speeds of 1.8 million packets per second, pushing his server's load average above 500. Greenspan attributes these attacks to a botnet called Aisuru-Kimwolf, which uses compromised devices to generate attack traffic.
Greenspan argues that the pattern of attacks shows someone was closely following the case and had a strong incentive to prevent public access to case-related materials. He also points to DCI Group's work for Nigeria, including helping maintain U.S. support in countering destabilizing elements. A December 2025 filing identified DCI Group as an agent of the Nigerian government, with a $4.5 million payment from the Nigerian government for services.
Greenspan's request is based on the timing of the attacks and his ongoing lawsuit, but he acknowledges that correlation does not equal attribution.
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