The US president, Donald Trump, referred to Nigeria’s Muhamadu Buhari as ‘lifeless’ while instructing his aides after a meeting with the Nigerian leader in April reports the Financial Times.
“The first meeting, with Nigeria’s ailing 75-year-old Muhammadu Buhari in April, ended with the US president telling aides he never wanted to meet someone so lifeless again, according to three people familiar with the matter.” Says the report.
The report explains that Trump was somewhat displeased with Buhari’s disposition during their meeting and instructed his (Trump’s) aides to never arrange a meeting with such a lifeless leader anymore.
Muhamadu Buhari, who is 75 and sick came to power for a second time, after ruling as a dictator in 1984, after defeating Goodluck Jonathan,60, in 2015. The nations’s economy has suffered setbacks under him including a drilling recession that saw the naira diminished before the dollar till date (360 naira to one dollar).
Buhari came to power with huge promises which included ending medical tourism. Sadly, he has visited London four times for medical checkups while president. In one of such visits, he spent 103 days and was forced to return home when a protest demanding his return to duties or resignation in 2017. Informationng.com reported that he spent an estimated 250-300 pounds per hour while in London hospital.
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