Former US President, Bill
Clinton, has cancelled his trip to Nigeria, ahead of Saturday’s general
elections, saying the visit could be “politicized”.
Clinton was scheduled to visit
Abuja this week, alongside Baroness Patricia Scotland, the Secretary-General of
the Commonwealth.
The planned trip was facilitated
by the Kofi Annan Foundation and the National Peace Committee (NPC).
“Over the course of the last
several days, and after various conversations with the different stakeholders,
it’s become apparent that President Clinton’s visit to Nigeria has the
potential to be politicized in a way that is not in line with the goals of the
Committee. Therefore, he will not be travelling to Abuja,” Clinton’s spokesman,
Angel Ureña, said in a statement.
Clinton had been set to deliver a
keynote speech at a ceremony for the signing of a peace accord by presidential
candidates.
He will, however, speak with
President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who is
standing for re-election, and his main challenger, Atiku Abubakar of the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the statement added.
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