He doesn’t know because he has never been interested,” the ADC spokesman claimed.
The U.S. Secret Service confirmed the shooting.
The former defence minister, Sadio Camara, was killed in coordinated terrorist attacks on April 25.
The motive of the driver is yet to be ascertained.
Medical doctors from Nigeria and other countries under travel ban can now stay and practise in the U.S. due to modifications of President Donald Trump’s sweeping travel ban.
“He can’t fight Atiku or Amaechi for the ticket of ADC,” he said.
Mr Tinubu will be accompanied on the trip by some of his ministers and senior aides.
Essa Suleiman, the Somalia-born Brit who stabbed two Jewish men in London on Wednesday, has been charged with attempted murder.
Mr Wilkinson replaces Ailish Campbell, who served as Canada’s ambassador to the EU.
The man who stabbed two Jewish men in north London on Wednesday has been identified as Essa Suleiman, a British citizen born in Somalia
