President Bola Tinubu says the assassination attempt on Donald Trump, a former president of the United States is “distasteful and goes beyond the pale of democratic norms”.
On Saturday, gunshots were fired at Trump’s campaign rally in Pennsylvania.
Donald Trump was delivering a speech about how “the worst president in the history of our country took over” at the time the gunshots were fired.
In the middle of the shooting, Trump went down behind the speech podium before his security protected him.
After a while, the former president was taken away from the stage. In the middle of that process, he stopped to pump his fist defiantly in the air.
Videos that circulated on social media showed blood on his ear.
In his reaction to the incident in a post published via X on Sunday, President Tinubu sympathised with the former US president, noting that violence has no place in democracy.
“The attack on former President Donald Trump is distasteful and goes beyond the pale of democratic norms. Violence has no place in democracy,” Tinubu wrote.
“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.”