Nigeria’s President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has strongly condemned the assassination attempt on former US President and current candidate for the oval office, Donald Trump. The Nigerian President posting on his X (FKA Twitter) handle said, “violence has no place in democracy”.
Trump was reportedly targeted by a 20-year-old man who also shot and killed two people at the venue of a campaign rally just days before the former president is expected to be officially nominated by members of his party.
“The attack on former President Donald Trump is distasteful and goes beyond the pale of democratic norms. Violence has no place in democracy. I extend my sympathies to the former President and wish him relief. I also condole with the family of the deceased and those wounded and wish them a quick recovery. Nigeria stands in solidarity with the United States of America at this time,” Tinubu wrote.
Other world leaders have also condemned the attack and urged political rivals in the United States to tamp down divisive rhetoric.
