By Joshua Tosin Ogunsakin 
The Senior Special Assistant to President Bola Tinubu on Media and Publicity, Temitope Ajayi, has debunked a report claiming that the President is scheduled to visit the United States on Tuesday for a meeting with U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance.
In a post on his official X handle on Monday, Ajayi described the publication as false and misleading, noting that it had sparked unnecessary speculation and “uninformed commentaries” across social media.
He clarified that if President Tinubu were to visit the White House, it would be for an engagement with President Donald Trump, not his deputy.
Ajayi wrote: “There’s a Sahara Reporters story that President Tinubu is going to the U.S. on Tuesday to see U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance. That story is not true. I can see that the fake news by Sahara has become the basis for some uninformed commentaries since yesterday. If President Tinubu is going to the White House, he won’t be going to see a Vice President.”
The clarification followed reports that Tinubu was preparing to travel to Washington for “top-level diplomatic engagements” amid heightened international attention over alleged persecution of Christians in Nigeria and a recent statement by President Trump threatening possible military action.
Trump, in a post on his Truth Social account on Saturday, warned that the United States might “go in guns blazing” if the Nigerian government failed to stop the alleged killing of Christians.
“If the Nigerian Government continues to allow the killing of Christians, the U.S.A. will immediately stop all aid and assistance to Nigeria, and may very well go into that now disgraced country, ‘guns-a-blazing,’ to completely wipe out the Islamic terrorists who are committing these horrible atrocities.
“I am hereby instructing our Department of War to prepare for possible action. If we attack, it will be fast, vicious, and sweet, just like the terrorist thugs attack our cherished Christians,” he said.
Amid the controversy, President Tinubu reiterated over the weekend that Nigeria remains a democracy committed to religious freedom and equality for all citizens, denying claims of a “Christian genocide.”
Tinubu, in an official statement via his X handle, stressed that the Nigerian Constitution guarantees freedom of religion and that his administration continues to engage leaders of all faiths to promote peace and address the country’s security challenges.