There was no phone call between TRUMP, BUHARI after all, facts emerge as US remains silent on official websites

THE reported telephone conversation between the US President  Mr. Donald Trump and Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari is being called in question in certain quarters as no mention is made of the telephone call in any of US official website nor the US president personal Tweeter handle.

The observation was made and reported by Daily Trust newspapers headquartered in Nigeria's capital city of Abuja.

According to the report, the USA is yet to record the conversation on its website or make mention of it on its social media accounts.

There is no mention of the telephone conversation on official accounts of the US government such as @USAgov, @WhiteHouse and others.

Twitter-friendly Donald Trump is yet to acknowledge the conversation on his official handle, @realDonaldTrump and the official account of the president of the USA, @POTUS.

Trump via @realDonaldTrump tweeted about the visit of 45-year-old Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau while the last tweet of @POTUS was the joint statement by President Trump and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan.

Although, The United States Diplomatic Mission in Nigeria,@USEmbassyAbuja, has failed to acknowledge the phone conversation, it is celebrating basketball greats like Michael Jordan, Hakeem Olajuwon and others in commemoration of Black History Month.

 

In contrast, The official accounts of the president of Nigeria, @NGRPresident; the government of Nigeria, @AsoRock; the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, @GeoffreyOnyeama and more than five media aides of Buhari (Femi Adesina, Garba Shehu, Tolu Ogunlesi, Bashir Ahmad and Lauretta Onochie) have made mention of the phone conversation.

The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC and its affiliates such as APCUkingdom are also commenting on the event via the social media.

However, Daily Trust reported that a certain agent of the USAgov, who identified him/herself as Rachell G, in a chat noted that the event is not yet recorded on the website of the government and as such cannot provide further information on the details of the conversation.

"I understand you would like to know if President Donald Trump spoke with President Muhammadu Buhari. I am unable to find information on government related websites. This does not mean it never happened or it did happen. However, it has not been recorded on U.S. government website. I apologize for any inconvenience."

However, this silence is being interpreted in many quarters if there really was any of such telephone conversation since it has failed to appear in the official sites of the USA  owing to previous conflicting reports emanating from the Presidency about Buhari's vacation in the United Kingdom.