US Government Refuse To Comment Or Deny Calling Buhari “Lifeless”

The United States Government has failed to confirm or deny an alleged statement by US President, Donald Trump, describing Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari as “lifeless“, following a visit to the White House earlier this year.

The counselor for Public Affairs, US Embassy, Aruba Amirthanayagam, while speaking at a raido station in Niger state said: “We have no specific comment on that, a newspaper published it, the paper should comment on it”.

Amirthanayagam also said that it will not take side in the Nigeria’s 2019 general election, saying it wants the winner to be elected in a free and fair contest.

“And we will do all we can to assist Nigeria’s government.

“The United States expects that the 2019 general elections will be free and transparent.

“I think we should repeat the success we had in the last election because we have had elections in some parts of Africa that have not gone well. What we got in 2015 was great for Nigeria and for the rest of Africa and other developing countries,” he said.