United States-based policy advisory and lobbying firm, Von Batten-Montague-York, has alleged that it was offered $3 million to drop its campaign over alleged drug-trafficking records involving President Bola Tinubu.
The firm made the allegation in a statement posted on its verified X account on Wednesday.
According to the firm, its leader, Dr Von Batten, received the unsolicited offer alongside an invitation to a confidential meeting in London from a highly placed individual it was told was connected to Tinubu.
Von Batten-Montague-York said Dr Von Batten rejected the offer and preserved copies of the alleged communications.
The firm further claimed that a smear campaign against its leader began shortly after the offer was rejected.
It said it would submit the alleged $3 million offer and related communications to the United States Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation for review.
The firm described the offer as an attempt to persuade it to end its campaign concerning what it called Tinubu’s alleged heroin-trafficking records.
Tinubu has previously denied allegations of wrongdoing relating to narcotics trafficking.
