President Muhammadu Buhari has
assured the diplomatic community and foreign election observers in Nigeria of
their safety during the elections
Many will interpret this as an
indirect rebuttal of threats by Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna state, who
recently said “we are waiting for the person that would come and intervene,
they would go back in body bags”.
He later said he was defending
“Nigeria’s integrity” while Garba Shehu, presidential spokesman, said what the
governor said was “in the national interest”.
But Buhari, in a state broadcast
on Thursday evening, said the foreign community has nothing to fear.
“I want to assure all Nigerians,
the diplomatic community and all foreign election observers of their safety and
full protection. Any comments or threats of intimidation from any source do not
represent the position of the Federal Government of Nigeria,” Buhari said.
He reaffirmed the commitment of
the federal government “to the conduct of free and fair elections in a safe and
peaceful atmosphere”, adding that “just yesterday, I signed the Peace Accord
alongside 72 other presidential candidates”.
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