Temitope Ajayi, Senior Special Assistant to President Bola Tinubu on Media and Publicity, has denied reports that the President is scheduled to visit the United States on Tuesday to meet Vice President J.D. Vance.

In a statement on his official X account Monday, Ajayi called the report “false and misleading,” emphasizing that any official visit to the White House would involve a meeting with US President Donald Trump, not the Vice President.

“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,” he wrote.

Previously, the Presidency, through Special Adviser on Policy Communication Daniel Bwala, said President Tinubu and President Trump share a common interest in fighting insurgency and terrorism, with a meeting possible either in Abuja or Washington, D.C.

Bwala added: “Both President @officialABAT and President @realDonaldTrump have shared interest in the fight against insurgency and all forms of terrorism against humanity. President Trump has supported Nigeria by approving the sale of arms, which President Tinubu has effectively used in combating terrorism, achieving significant results. Any differences over whether terrorists target only Christians or people of all faiths will be discussed directly by the two leaders during their meeting, either at State House or the White House.”