The Presidency has dismissed studies claiming that President Bola Tinubu will visit the White House on Tuesday to meet with United States Vice President J.D. Vance.
Temitope Ajayi, Senior Particular Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, in a submit on X on Monday described the report as false and deceptive.
The clarification comes after President Donald Trump threatened doable army motion towards Nigeria if nothing is completed rapidly about an alleged persecution and killing of Christians in Nigeria.
DAILY POST reported that Trump additionally had lately designated Nigeria as a rustic of explicit concern.
The US President cited what he described as ongoing violence towards Christians and failure of the federal government to shield non secular minorities.
Nevertheless, the Nigerian authorities strongly denied persecution of any non secular teams in Nigeria.
Reacting to a report about Tinubu’s impending visit to to the White House, Presidency described the publication as fuelling pointless hypothesis and uninformed commentary concerning the President’s diplomatic schedule.
Ajayi clarified that if President Tinubu had been to visit the White House, such a gathering could be with the U.S. President, not the Vice President.
He wrote: “There’s a Sahara Reporters story that President Tinubu goes to the US on Tuesday to see US Vice President J.D Vance. That story is not true. I can see that the pretend information by Sahara has develop into the idea for some uninformed commentaries since yesterday. If President Tinubu goes to the White House, he gained’t be going to see a Vice President.”
