By our reporter 9.10.2026
Questions are being asked after a US court filing has revealed that President Bola Tinubu’s government allegedly pays a lobby firm DCI Group AZ, LLC, , $750,000 (about N1 billion) monthly to launder his image in the US.
This allegations was revealed in a legal dispute between American transparency activist Aaron Greenspan and President Bola Tinubu, in his bid to enforce a freedom of information act against the US government agencies with holding information in Tinubu’s alleged involvement in narracotic trade.
Greenspan submitted a request for judicial notice on October 8, 2026, in support of his effort to pursue limited discovery involving Tinubu.
The case concerns requests for US government records relating to an alleged federal investigation in the early 1990s involving Tinubu and Abiodun Agbele.
According to the filing, DCI Group AZ receives $750,000 per month from the Nigerian government, described in the document as the government of the intervenor, Tinubu.
The submission also alleges that an account managed by the DCI affiliate published a post attacking Greenspan on August 5, 2026.
In the filing, Greenspan referred to allegations concerning the activities of a Washington lobbying firm and the alleged use of contractors to obtain electronic information.
“Federal prosecutors have alleged that a Washington ‘public affairs’ and ‘lobbying’ firm engaged Israeli contractors whose operator(s) directed the hacking of electronic accounts belonging to targets of a project for the lobbying firm’s client, and that hacked data was then provided to the lobbying firm,” the filing said.
“The United States Department of Justice (filing openly in the United Kingdom and under seal in the United States), one defendant’s own counsel (again in the United Kingdom), and two national news organizations have all identified that firm as DCI Group.
“DCI Group AZ, LLC is paid $750,000 per month by Intervenor’s government, and on August 5, 2026 an account it manages published a post attacking Plaintiff in writing.”