The Buhari Media Organisation
(BMO) says President Donald Trump has a penchant for making derogatory
statements about world leaders.
The group said this in reaction
to a report by Financial Times that the US president told his aides he never
wanted to meet someone as lifeless as Buhari again.
He reportedly said this after
meeting his Nigerian counterpart in April.
In a statement signed by Niyi
Akinsiju, its chairman, the group said Buhari is fit and capable to run for the
2019 elections and oversee the affairs of the country for four more years
“regardless of Trump’s hate speech”.
“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,” the statement read.
“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.
“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.
“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.”
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