Bad News For APC, As United States Of America President, Donald J. Trump, Refuses to personally meet with the Delegation sent by President Bola Tinubu to Washington DC; Says The USA Will Continue To Work With Nigeria On Shared Interests, But Withholds Endorsement For The APC 2027 Presidential Candidate For A Second Term, Calls Him An Alleged Drugs Trafficker
The President of the United States of America, USA, Donald J. Trump, will reportedly not endorse President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for a second term; Dr. Karl Von Batten, a Senior Government Advisor and Consultant, in Washington DC, has on Thursday, revealed; citing meetings between the Nigerian Delegation sent by President Tinubu and the US State Department, today.
In a statement released on Thursday afternoon, Dr. Batten said that the President Trump administration made it clear that it would continue to work with Nigeria “on shared interests”, but would not back President Tinubu for a second term in Office, whom he described as “an alleged heroin trafficker”.
He said exactly on X: “Here are the facts: The United States will continue to work with Nigeria on shared interests, but no Nigerian Delegation will convince the US government to throw its support behind President Bola Tinubu (@officialABAT), who is an alleged heroin trafficker. Not now. Not ever.”
According to him, Members of the 2027 Presidential Candidate of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s Team were briefed ahead of the news about President Tinubu’s Delegation’s engagements in Washington DC.
He said: “Earlier this week, before the news broke, we informed senior members of former Nigerian Vice President @atiku’s Team about the Tinubu Delegation’s meetings with the @StateDept, and communicated the sentiment from the US perspective: A lot of discussion about nothing, excuses and futile attempts to have President @realDonaldTrump host President Tinubu at the @WhiteHouse.”
Dr. Batten also faulted the composition and level of the Nigerian Delegation, saying that, it signaled how the President Trump administration received the Team.
His words: “Note: Based on strict official protocol seniority recognised by the United States and Nigeria, the #Tinubu government Delegation would ordinarily be led by Nigerian Foreign Minister Bianca Ojukwu (@Ojukwu_Bianca) and met at the corresponding level by Secretary of State @SecRubio. The fact that the Nigerian government’s PR spin presents National Security Adviser @NuhuRibadu as leading the Delegation and highlights a meeting with Allison Hooker, one of many Under Secretaries of State, communicates an unspoken, but diplomatically significant message about the level at which the #Trump Administration received Tinubu’s Delegation.”
He further delivered a direct warning to President Tinubu: “We have a message for President Bola #Tinubu: You can send the entire Nigerian government next time, but we will continue to work to ensure that it does not change the reality in Washington DC. The United States will continue to engage Nigeria and work together where our interests align, but President #Trump has made clear that he is not going to endorse or personally support an alleged drug trafficker for President of Nigeria in Nigeria’s upcoming presidential election.”
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