The appointment is significant because Von Batten’s firm was hired by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar earlier this year under a $1.2 million, 12-month agreement to provide government-affairs and strategic-advisory services in the United States.
Von Batten-Montague-York, L.C., in a statement posted on its X account on Wednesday, alleged that its founder, Dr Karl Von Batten, received an unsolicited offer of $3 million “a few days ago”, alongside an invitation to a confidential meeting in London.
Former Senator representing Bayelsa East, Ben Murray-Bruce, has accused former Cross River State Governor and the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) presidential candidate, Donald Duke, of allowing political considerations to influence his criticism of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway.