Presidency Breaks Silence: “Tinubu Not Meeting Trump’s VP JD Vance Over CPC Blacklist

The Presidency has denied reports claiming that President Bola Tinubu is scheduled to travel to the United States to meet with U.S. Vice President JD Vance, the running mate of former President Donald Trump.

A report published by SaharaReporters alleged that Tinubu would depart for the U.S. on Tuesday for high-level diplomatic meetings with Washington officials amid ongoing tensions over allegations of mass killings of Christians in Nigeria and threats of possible U.S. military intervention.

According to the publication, sources within the Presidency claimed that Tinubu’s visit would include a meeting with Vice President James David Vance, who was reportedly delegated by Trump to receive him, barring any last-minute changes.

However, in a post on (formerly Twitter) on Monday, President Tinubu’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Temitope Ajayi, debunked the report, describing it as fake news.

Ajayi clarified that if President Tinubu were to visit the White House, it would not be for a meeting with the U.S. Vice President.

He wrote: “There is a SaharaReporters story claiming that President Tinubu is traveling to the U.S. on Tuesday to meet with Vice President J.D. Vance. That story is false. I can see that Sahara’s fake news has already inspired several uninformed commentaries since yesterday. If President Tinubu were to visit the White House, he wouldn’t be going there to meet a Vice President.”