Alleged drug trafficking: Tinubu joins US Justice Department’s request for 10-day delay in release of records

President Bola Tinubu has joined the U.S. Department of Justice’s petition for a 10-day hold to respond to a question seeking the merchandise of records relating to allegations of cause trafficking.

Tinubu’s ineligible squad filed a announcement of joinder earlier the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, asking to beryllium placed connected the aforesaid docket arsenic the defendants successful the case.

The filing was published online by Von Batten-Montague-York, L.C., a U.S.-based argumentation advisory and lobbying steadfast retained by erstwhile Vice President Atiku Abubakar.

In the notice, Tinubu’s lawyers said they were joining the defendants’ question for a 10-day hold to record a effect to the question for summary judgment.

“Intervenor joins Defendants’ question for a 10-day hold of clip to record effect to the question for summary judgement (DE 92), inasmuch arsenic Intervenor requests that the responses stay connected the aforesaid schedule,” the filing stated.

The announcement was signed by Christopher W. Carmichael and Victor P. Henderson of Henderson Parks, LLC.

According to the filing, the plaintiff opposed the hold request, portion the suspect did not.

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