The political battle between Atiku Abubakar and President Bola Tinubu has now landed firmly on American soil — and it comes with a paper trail.
The political battle between Atiku Abubakar and President Bola Tinubu has now landed firmly on American soil — and it comes with a paper trail.
Vanguard reported that Von Batten-Montague-York, L.C., a Washington-based lobbying firm contracted by Atiku in March under a 12-month, $1.2 million agreement, has confirmed it is actively sharing documents with officials of the Trump administration, members of Congress and senior congressional staff. The materials centre on a 1993 US Department of Justice civil forfeiture proceeding tied to allegations against Tinubu.
In a post on X, the firm stated: “We began providing more than 60 pages of Department of Justice documents concerning the DOJ’s allegations relating to Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s alleged involvement in a heroin trafficking investigation spanning the late 1980s and early 1990s.”
The documents, as reported by Premium Times, include a detailed chronology referencing a case filed at the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois — United States v. Funds in Account No. 263226700 et al. —gggggggggggggggggggggg
The chronology notes that the matter was resolved through a civil settlement, with a portion of the funds forfeited to the US government. The lobbying firm noted that some officials it approached were previously unaware of the historical case.
Atiku’s engagement with the firm covers advocacy, diplomatic outreach and the presentation of his perspectives on Nigeria-US relations.vvvvvvvvvtr
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