A Washington-based lobbying firm associated with former Vice President Atiku Abubakar says it is providing U.S. records involving President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to officials in the Trump administration and to members of Congress and their staff. The firm, Von Batten-Montague-York, says it has begun sharing documents from a long-running U.S. forfeiture case that relates to drug trafficking allegations involving Tinubu, according to multiple Nigerian outlets.
The reports state that Von Batten-Montague-York was hired by Abubakar in March under a 12-month contract worth $1.2 million. The firm’s disclosures, including references to submitting records to U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) officials and congressional figures, are described as part of its engagement and document-sharing efforts.
While the outlets differ slightly in how they phrase the allegations—some describing an investigation into heroin trafficking links—the overall account is consistent: the firm claims it is submitting or sharing U.S. forfeiture/DOJ-related documents connected to Tinubu with U.S. executive and legislative stakeholders.
