The United States Institute of
Peace (USIP) has denied predicting victory for President Muhammadu Buhari in
the forthcoming presidential election.
In an earlier report, the
organisation was quoted as saying it is less likely for Buhari to be defeated
in the 2019 elections.
But the institute says the
report, which also analysed the chances of violence marring the elections, was
based on its interactions with Nigerians from different sectors.
Reacting in a statement on its
website, the institute said it never makes predictions about election outcomes.
The organisation said its only
interest in elections is to help avoid violence and not on the outcome.
“USIP never makes predictions
about election outcomes and has not done so in this case. The Institute’s work
on elections is confined to helping nations avoid electoral violence,” the
statement read in part.
“This study is based on
interviews across the country with more than 200 Nigerian respondents –
election administrators, political party representatives, security officials,
civil society and youth groups, the media, traditional and religious leaders,
prominent community figures, business people, academics and others.
“The USIP report noted that, in
the interviews, ‘some respondents’ discussed their own views of Nigerian public
perceptions about an election outcome. A Nigerian news account mis-reported
this passage as a USIP prediction of the outcome, and other Nigerian news
organisations repeated the error.
“As USIP is a strictly
nonpartisan institution, its work on elections focuses entirely on preventing
violence.”
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