A United States-based policy advisory and lobbying firm, Von Batten-Montague-York, says there will be no cover-up regarding alleged drug-trafficking allegations involving Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu. The firm made its pledge in a statement posted on X on Tuesday.
According to the firm, the Biden administration’s Department of Justice (DOJ) opposed efforts to release Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) records related to the allegations. It also says the DOJ under President Donald Trump would not protect an alleged drug trafficker connected to heroin smuggling from Nigeria through Illinois to Indiana. In its statement, the firm frames the FOIA dispute as part of a broader contrast in enforcement between the two administrations.
The articles also note that a U.S. district judge, Beryl Howell, granted Donald Trump-appointed attorney Jeanine Pirro additional time to release the drug-trafficking-related records of Tinubu. Across the coverage, the core emphasis remains on the firm’s promise of accountability and the procedural fight over FOIA documents, rather than on new findings or evidence.
