An American man, Richard Grenell, who in 2015 linked then candidate Muhammadu Buhari to Boko Haram and ISIS and warned against his presidency, has become the US Ambassador to Germany.
An American man, Richard Grenell, who in 2015 linked then candidate Muhammadu Buhari to Boko Haram and ISIS and warned against his presidency, has become the US Ambassador to Germany.
Grenell, who was nominated by President Donald Trump in September 2017, passed the Senate screening by a 56-42 voting margin on April 26.
Before his appointment, the 52-year Grenell had served as the longest-serving US spokesman to the United Nations.
In a viral Op-Ed for Washington Post in the buildup to the Nigerian presidential election in 2015, the openly-gay Grenell had explained how voting the 72-year-old Buhari to lead Africa’s most populous nation could spell doom for the future of Africa.
Specifically, he said that, “Mr. Buhari’s election as Nigeria’s head of state would be a disaster for Africa”.
