Nigerians react as Tump calls Buhari “lifeless”

Donald Trump and Muhammadu Buhari

United States President, Donald Trump, referred to his Nigerian counterpart, Muhammadu Buhari, as “lifeless” shortly after a meeting between the two leaders on April 30, Financial Times reported on Monday.

Buhari, the first sub-Saharan Africa president to meet Trump after he was sworn in January 2017 as the 45th American president, was in the US for bilateral talks on Trump’s invitation.

Despite Trump publicly praising Buhari for his fight against corruption and economic recovery effort, the American leader reportedly said he never wanted to meet someone as lifeless as the Nigerian leader again, Financial Times reported citing three persons familiar with the matter.

Nigerians reacted to the report on Twitter, with many of them aligning with Trump.