Politics
…statement follows announcement of Tinubu’s three-week vacation in Europe
VON batten has observed that a long-held view across #Africa, the Middle East, and South America is that Western powers install or protect puppet leaders to control countries and their resources.
“Many Nigerians now believe President Bola Tinubu (@OfficialABAT) is such a #puppet and that the hidden records concerning alleged heroin trafficking are the strings,” according to a post on X by Von Batten of Montague, York, LC.
Von Batten, an all Republican partner policy advisory and lobbying firm based in Washington, D.C, on Sunday, August 30, stated: “We may never know whether President Bola #Tinubu has ever traded Nigerian secrets or resources in exchange for protection, but many Nigerians see the past @JoeBiden DOJ’s efforts to keep these records hidden as further proof that Western powers are protecting President Tinubu. Whether that belief is right or wrong, the secrecy is feeding it.”
According to Von Batten, “The longer the records remain hidden, the stronger the belief becomes that foreign powers have something they can hold over #Nigeria’s president. This mistrust will remain regardless of the outcome of the @FBI and @DEAHQ FOIA case. This is why Western powers must ensure that Nigeria’s upcoming presidential election is #free and #fair. Anything else heightens the risk of Nigeria going the way of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger.”
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Realnews reports that Von Batten’s statement is coming after a State House statement that President Tinubu is going to Europe for a three-week vacation.
According to a release by Bayo Onanuga,
special adviser to the President (Information and Strategy), August 30, on X “President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will depart Abuja today (Sunday) for Europe to begin a three-week vacation as part of his annual leave.
“His first stop will be London, United Kingdom.
“President Tinubu is expected to return home after the working vacation to join the hectic campaign for the January 2027 election.”
A.I
Aug. 31, 2026
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