Reported by: Ijeoma G | Edited by: Oravbiere Osayomore Promise.
The Department of State Services (DSS) has reportedly arraigned social media user Mubarak Abdullahi over allegations that he circulated a forged letter purporting to show President Bola Tinubu seeking international intervention in a US drug-related case.
The controversy followed the circulation of a document online bearing the President’s name and purportedly addressed to United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres. The letter allegedly appealed for diplomatic engagement with the United States over a historical drug-related case in Chicago.
The document, dated September 19, 2026, was titled “Request for Goodwill and Diplomatic Engagement Regarding My Past Drug-Related Case in Chicago”. It purported to ask Guterres to engage the US government and President Donald Trump to facilitate the cancellation or closure of the alleged case.
Mubarak Abdullahi, who describes himself as an activist and public figure on social media, was among those who shared the document online.
However, fact-checking reports subsequently identified the letter as fabricated, pointing to inconsistencies in its design, official insignia and purported signature. The reports also found no credible evidence that Tinubu had sent such correspondence to the UN Secretary-General.
The allegations against Abdullahi centre on the purported document and its circulation. Details of the specific charges, the court where he was arraigned, his plea and any bail or remand decision were not established in the reports available for this account.
The controversy comes amid ongoing legal proceedings in the United States over requests for the release of historical law-enforcement records relating to Tinubu and an alleged investigation from the early 1990s.
The US proceedings involve a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit seeking records held by federal agencies, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Drug Enforcement Administration. Court filings concerning the records do not, by themselves, establish criminal wrongdoing by Tinubu.
The purported letter has therefore become a separate issue from the underlying US records litigation, with the central question being whether the document was falsely presented as an official communication from the Nigerian President.
The DSS arraignment, as reported, places the circulation of the document before the judicial process. The allegations against Abdullahi remain subject to proof in court, and he is presumed innocent unless convicted by a court of competent jurisdiction.
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