The Nigerian government has again
warned the United States not to cross the line as far as the forthcoming
elections are concerned.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs,
Geoffrey Onyeama, stated this after his meeting with the representatives of
Africa on the US National Security Council on Monday.
It was a closed-door meeting with
the Senior Director for Africa and Special Assistant to the United States
President, Cyril Sartor.
The meeting was on the sidelines
of the 32nd Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Heads of State and
Government of the African Union in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Buhari government had accused the
United States, the United Kingdom and the European Union of interference in
national affairs.
This was following the declared
stand of the US on the suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice
Walter Onnoghen.
Speaking after the meeting,
Onyeama said told reporters “I met a representative for Africa on the US
National Security Council and we discussed elections in Nigeria and I pointed
out that the government was absolutely determined to have free, fair, credible
and transparent elections, that Mr. President has invested in that.
“And also, that I had summoned
the US Ambassador to discuss some of the utterances that have been made and
some of which we felt were not helpful and that while we welcome very much the
role they had played in 2015, and the role that they are continuing to play,
that they should be careful not to cross the line between observing and
supporting the process and appearing to be partisan and interfering in the
process.”
The Minister reassured the world
that President Muhammadu Buhari is determined that Nigeria had good, free and
fair elections.
The Foreign Affairs Minister said
he also discussed with Sartor, increasing trade relations with the US, and in
particular having greater market access to the US market.
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