{
  "id": 5080283,
  "title": "Alleged drug trafficking: We were offered $3m to drop Tinubu’s probe – US firm",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/alleged-drug-trafficking-we-were-offered-3m-to-drop-tinubus-probe-us",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-02T11:55:21.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Post Nigeria",
    "slug": "daily-post-nigeria",
    "url": "https://dailypost.ng/2026/09/02/alleged-drug-trafficking-we-were-offered-3m-to-drop-tinubus-probe-us-firm/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "United States-based policy advisory and lobbying firm Von Batten-Montague-York has claimed it received an offer of $3 million to halt the alleged drug trafficking investigation into Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu. The company stated in a post on its verified X account that they declined the offer, preserving records of the correspondence and reaching out to the African Democratic Congress presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. Following the refusals, the firm claims it was subjected to a smear campaign alleging it offered the $3 million bribe. Von Batten-Montague-York has offered the Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation the $3 million offer and related communications to clear its name and allow for a proper review of the matter.",
  "summary": "United States-based policy advisory and lobbying firm, Von Batten-Montague-York, has alleged that it was offered $3 million to drop the alleged drug trafficking probe of Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu. Von Batten-Montague-York made this allegation in a post on its verified X handle on Wednesday. The firm, however, said its leader, Dr Von Batten, refused the […] Alleged drug trafficking: We were…",
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  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}