Presidency purported Trump letter to Tinubu fabricated – US Lobbyist launches investigation

A statement issued by Von Batten-Montague-York has questioned the timing, authenticity and purpose of President Bola Tinubu’s release of what the Presidency claims is a letter from United States President Donald Trump.

According to the statement, the letter is dated July 6, 2026, but was only released publicly on July 22, 2026, 16 days after it was allegedly written. Batten-Montague-York argued that the delay raises important questions, asking why the Presidency waited more than two weeks before making the correspondence public.

The statement suggested that the timing of the release may be linked to what it described as longstanding drug trafficking allegations involving President Tinubu, which it claimed are now before members of the White House and the U.S. Congress. Batten-Montague-York alleged that the release of the letter appears to be an effort to convince Nigerians and the international community that President Trump personally respects and endorses President Tinubu despite those allegations.

Expressing skepticism about the document, the statement said it would not be surprising if the White House were to state that the letter is fabricated and that no such correspondence was ever sent. However, it added that the purported letter “speaks for itself,” pointing out that the Presidency has not released an image or scanned copy of the original document, but only quotations said to have been taken from it. The statement argued that this omission raises further questions, adding that “something does not add up.”

Batten-Montague-York further stated that even if the letter is genuine, its contents resemble what it described as a standard diplomatic response drafted by White House staff in reply to correspondence from a foreign head of state. According to the statement, hundreds of similar boilerplate diplomatic letters are issued every month and should not be interpreted as a personal endorsement by the U.S. President.

The statement also disclosed plans to forward the purported quotations from the unreleased letter to contacts within the White House. Batten-Montague-York said the group believes U.S. officials would not take lightly any attempt to use the alleged diplomatic correspondence to suggest that President Trump condones or overlooks the longstanding heroin trafficking allegations concerning President Tinubu.

The statement concluded by asserting that President Trump has no tolerance for drug traffickers and maintained that any attempt to portray the purported letter as evidence of his personal support for President Tinubu would be misleading.

The Presidency has presented the correspondence as a letter from President Trump. As of the time of the statement, no response had been issued by the White House regarding the claims, and the authenticity of the letter had not been independently verified.