A former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Timi Frank, has said a letter from United States President Donald Trump to President Bola Tinubu should be regarded as a routine diplomatic communication rather than an endorsement of the Nigerian leader’s administration.
The Presidency on Wednesday said the US President has written personally to Tinubu to commend what he termed his “decisive leadership on behalf of the Nigerian people.”
According to a statement signed by Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, Trump disclosed in the letter that he had deployed US Special Operations Forces, including Navy SEAL Team 6, to train and support Nigeria’s military in the fight against terrorism.
Reacting in a statement issued in Abuja on Thursday, Frank said diplomatic correspondence between countries on areas of mutual interest, including security cooperation, should not be misconstrued as political support.
He said, “The letter only
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