A United States-based political advisory and lobbying firm, Von Batten-Montague-York, has announced plans to brief the administration of US President Donald Trump and members of Congress again over allegations concerning President Bola Tinubu.
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The firm said in a post on its verified X account on Sunday that its next briefing would focus on what it described as efforts by senior Nigerian government officials to defend Tinubu against allegations relating to drug trafficking.
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The development followed comments by Nigeria’s Minister of Aviation, Festus Keyamo, who reportedly dismissed the lobbying firm’s campaign for the release of records it says are connected to an alleged heroin-trafficking case involving Tinubu.
Von Batten-Montague-York questioned why a senior member of the Nigerian cabinet would respond to what it described as a relatively small American lobbying organisation if the issue had no importance.
The firm further accused the Nigerian government of using state institutions to defend the president against the allegations. It also claimed that records from the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) linked Tinubu to a criminal organisation involved in heroin trafficking between Nigeria and the United States during the 1980s and 1990s.
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The organisation said its role as a lobbying and advocacy group was to present information to the White House and Congress, increase public awareness in the United States and keep lawmakers informed about the matter.
It also alleged that the Nigerian government had reacted strongly to its activities because of the potential consequences of the claims.
The firm went further to describe Nigeria under Tinubu as a “narco-state” and questioned why South American drug traffickers were allegedly increasingly turning to Nigeria.
It suggested that Keyamo could provide answers to the question as part of its criticism of the minister’s response.
The latest development indicates that the lobbying organisation intends to continue pursuing the matter in the United States, despite the Nigerian government’s reported dismissal of its allegations.
The claims made by the US firm are allegations and have not been established by a court in the material provided.
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