Nigeria, Aug. 19 -- President Bola Tinubu has joined a request by the US Department of Justice for a 10-day extension to respond to a court order over the release of records linking him to alleged drug trafficking.

Von Batten-Montague-York, a Washington-based lobbying firm employed by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, disclosed this in a post on Tuesday.

It stated that the US Justice Department "initiated action in federal court" requesting an additional 10 days.

However, the US District Court in Columbia denied the request and granted the department only four additional days, noting that it must release records by 21 August.

Hours later, the lobbying group shared a picture of a notice showing that the president's legal team joine...