President Bola Tinubu has joined a request by the United States Department of Justice seeking an additional 10-day extension to respond to a court order concerning the release of records related to allegations of drug trafficking against him, according to documents published by Washington-based lobbying firm Von Batten-Montague-York L.C., recently hired by former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar.
The lobbyist published a copy of Tinubu’s notice of joinder and shared updates on the matter.
The document showed that Christopher Carmichael, counsel to Tinubu, filed the notice at the US District Court on behalf of the Nigerian president.
The notice stated that the intervenor joins the defendants’ motion for a 10-day extension to respond to the motion for summary judgment, requesting that the responses remain on the same schedule. The plaintiff opposes the request, while the defendant does not.
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