Uproar Trails Trump’s “Thank You” Letter To Tinubu After U.S. Firm Claims Correspondence Was Forged

A wave of controversy has erupted over the purported “Thank You” letter attributed to President Donald Trump and addressed to President Bola Tinubu, following allegations by a United States-based firm that the correspondence may have been forged.

The uproar began after an account linked to the Tinubu Media Centre, using the Facebook handle @PBATMediaCentre, shared the text of what it presented as a letter from Trump to Tinubu. The document was circulated widely on social media and was portrayed as evidence of diplomatic communication between the two leaders.

However, the US firm Post Von Batten-Montague-York, L.C. released what it described as comparative evidence, placing the purported Tinubu letter alongside an authenticated letter previously sent by Trump to Argentine President Javier Milei. According to the firm, the differences in formatting, presentation and signature block between the two documents were significant.

The firm stressed that it was not claiming that a diplomatic response letter was never sent to Tinubu, nor that Tinubu personally fabricated the document. Rather, it questioned why the full text of the purported letter, including the date and signature block, was reproduced instead of releasing an image of the original signed document.

“We are not saying that a standard diplomatic response letter was never sent to President Tinubu. Nor are we saying that President Tinubu fabricated the purported letter,” the firm stated.

“What we are saying is that it is unusual for a letter to be quoted in full, including the date and signature block, rather than simply publishing an image of the actual letter itself.”

The allegations quickly sparked reactions across social media, with many Nigerians tagging President Trump and demanding clarification on the authenticity of the document.

Critics accused the Tinubu administration of misleading the public, while others called for caution until an official investigation or verification is conducted.

Reacting to the controversy, human rights lawyer Aloy Ejimakor wrote on X ‘’Is this how a letter from the President of the United States to the President of Nigeria should sound or look? And why does it have to be transposed to this shady letterhead? Where’s the actual letter on White House stationery? I’m not implying anything; just asking.’’

Also, Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Timi Frank, urged President Bola Tinubu’s administration to stop what he described as misleading Nigerians regarding an alleged endorsement letter from U.S. President Donald Trump.

In a statement issued on Thursday, Frank challenged the Presidency to immediately publish the full copy of the letter for public scrutiny. He argued that the document being celebrated by the government is merely a routine diplomatic communication acknowledging security cooperation between Nigeria and the United States, not a political endorsement.