A United States-based policy advisory and lobbying firm, Von Batten-Montague-York, has said that Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu is fighting hard to keep records of his alleged drug trafficking hidden.
In a post on its verified X handle on Saturday, the firm said President Tinubu had pleaded with the court not to order the Department of Justice, DOJ, Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, and Drug Enforcement Administration, DEA, to release the records.
According to the firm, President Tinubu pleaded with the court to block the records from being released.
Von Batten-Montague-York stated that President Tinubu cited his right to privacy as the reason the alleged heroin-trafficking records should not be released.
The firm said the President alleged that the records were being sought to influence politics in a foreign nation and make him lose the upcoming 2027 presidential election in Nigeria.
“President Tinubu goes on to essentially argue that even the Nigerian public’s interest in his background and fitness for office does not give the public a right under the Freedom of Information Act, FOIA, to obtain the withheld information in his law-enforcement records.
“Nigerians, this is your President,” Von Batten-Montague-York tweeted.
DAILY POST reports that United States District Judge Beryl Howell had granted Donald Trump-appointed attorney, Jeanine Pirro additional days to release the alleged drug-trafficking records.
It will also be recalled that Tinubu had joined the US Department of Justice’s request for a 10-day extension to respond to a motion seeking the release of records relating to allegations of drug trafficking.
Alleged drug trafficking: Tinubu trying so hard to keep record hidden – US firm