Buhari and Trump
After a Financial Times USA report
claimed that the American President had made disrespectful comments
over President Buhari’s health issues, the Buhari Media Organization has
reacted.
The FT report claimed that Trump said Buhari is ‘lifeless’, BMO, asserted that, “President
Muhammadu Buhari is fit and capable to run for the 2019 elections and
oversee the affairs of the country for four more years President Donald
Trump’s hate speech notwithstanding.”
The statement, jointly signed by Niyi Akinsiju and Cassidy
Maduekwe, its Chairman and Secretary respectively, noted that the US
President was fond of making such derogatory remarks at World leaders.
According to the group, President Buhari would not be distracted by derogatory remark.
“We are aware that President Trump’s disrespect for World
Leaders is not new; his comments on Canada’s Prime Minister, Justin
Trudeau, calling him ‘meek and mild’; his reference to Germany’s Leader,
Angela Merkel’s actions as ‘insane’, or his outlandish Tweet at the
UK’s Theresa May, and more recently, the alleged remarks he made after
meeting President Buhari.
“It is indeed not the first time President Trump would be heard
to lower the standards of respect for his colleagues on the World
Stage. We are not surprised, we know that this age-long character of the
US President would not change anytime soon.
“But it is important that we put it on record that President
Buhari remains fit and sprightly, even for the next decade”, they added.
“We recall that during President Buhari’s visit to Trump in the
White House, the US President commended the successes that the Buhari
administration had recorded especially in the fight against insurgency
and the war on corruption.
“The US President was full of admiration for Nigeria’s
President during the visit, thus such outlandish remarks as reported by
the Financial Times are not just to be taken with a pinch of salt but
are untrue in themselves”