Former Presidential New Media aide Reno Omokri has dismissed claims that President Muhammadu Buhari is the first African leader to visit US President Donald Trump. Buhari is currently in Washington DC, United States, ahead of a bilateral meeting with Trump.
Presidential spokesperson, Garba Shehu, had claimed the president’s visit to Trump will be the first from an African head of government.
“He (Buhari) is the first African head of government to visit the Trump White House and this is a pointer to two important things. One is, no matter how Nigerians take our own country, this is hugely an important country and this recognition is being manifested in this visit,” he said in a statement.
Reacting in a post on his Twitter handle, Omokri said Trump had hosted Egyptian President, Abdel Fatah Al-Sisi at the White House.
He wrote: “Dear Garba Shehu, you said Buhari “is the first African head of government to visit the Trump White House and this is a pointer to important things.”
“Your statement is not factual. President Trump met Egyptian President, Al-Sisi on April 2, 2017 at the White House. Pls be truthful,” said Omokri.
