The United States-based policy advisory and lobbying firm, Von Batten-Montague-York, has claimed that President Bola Tinubu could face embarrassment at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in September if he attends the meeting.
The firm made the assertion in a post shared on its verified X handle on Monday.
It further claimed that a proposed meeting between Tinubu and United States President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the UNGA would not take place.
According to the firm, senior officials within the Trump administration have indicated that Trump would not hold a private meeting with an alleged heroin trafficker.
The firm, however, noted that Tinubu, in his capacity as Nigeria’s president, could travel to New York for the UNGA under the access and transit protections available 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.
“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 said.
