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Politics● LowSep 24 · Sep 24, 2026, 10:25 AM

Atiku’s lobbyist, Fani-Kayode trade $36m, $100m lawsuits

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from Vanguard Nigeria · Sub-Saharan Africa

ABUJA — The legal dispute between former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar’s United States-based lobbyist, Karl Von Batten, and Nigeria’s Ambassador to South Africa, Femi Fani-Kayode, has escalated, with both sides threatening multimillion-dollar lawsuits in the United States. Von Batten-Montague-York, L.C., the lobbying firm engaged by Atiku, said it had been cleared to proceed with a $36 […] The post Atiku’s lobbyist, Fani-Kayode trade $36m, $100m lawsuits appeared first on Vanguard News.

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