US Lobbying Firm Says Tinubu Faces ‘Embarrassment’ At UNGA, Dismisses Trump Meeting Hopes

A United States-based policy advisory and lobbying firm, Von Batten-Montague-York, says President Bola Tinubu will face embarrassment at the United Nations General Assembly, UNGA, in September if he attends.

The firm stated this in a post on its verified X handle on Monday.

Von Batten-Montague-York also claimed that a bilateral meeting between President Tinubu and US President Donald Trump on the sidelines of UNGA will not take place.

According to the firm, key members of the Trump administration have made it clear that President Trump will not meet privately with “an alleged heroin trafficker.”

The firm, however, noted that as President of Nigeria, Tinubu retains the right to travel to New York to attend UNGA under the access and transit protections granted to representatives of UN member states.

“We look forward to President Tinubu attending the UNGA next month. Unfortunately for President Tinubu, he is going to be embarrassed at the UN,” the post read.

“From reports we have seen, from South Africa to Italy, world leaders attending the UNGA will be fully aware of the heroin-trafficking allegations against President Tinubu.

“If we are authorised, we will put into operation our plan to ensure every New Yorker within a six-mile radius of UN Headquarters learns about President Tinubu’s alleged role in smuggling poison (heroin) onto American soil,” the firm added.

There has been no official reaction from the Presidency or the US White House on the claims as of press time.