
A United States-based political advisory and lobbying firm, Von Batten-Montague-York, has called on the international community not to be distracted by what it described as a smear campaign involving a drug trafficking allegation linked to Nigerian President Bola Tinubu. According to the Daily Post, the firm made the appeal in a statement posted on its verified X handle on Tuesday, urging the world not to fall for the alleged distraction surrounding the claims against the Nigerian leader.
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