Stuart Symington, US ambassador
to Nigeria, has warned public officials not to obey illegal directives issued
in the name of President Muhammadu Buhari.
Speaking with journalists on
Thursday in Makurdi, Benue state capital, after a meeting with Samuel Ortom,
the state governor, the ambassador said any politician whose utterances incite
people to violence would be held to account for the crime.
He urged political leaders to
ensure free and fair election as the polls draw closer.
Although the ambassador did not
mention Buhari’s name, all indications point to the president who has on
different occasions reiterated his commitment to free and fair elections.
“If anybody asks you to do
something that is not right and says the boss wants you to do it, or the person
at the top wants you to do it, don’t believe him; because the person at the top
is honestly saying they want to win a fair election. There is a reason not to
believe them,” the ambassador said.
“The citizens are responsible to
their God, second to their conscience and third to the laws of Nigeria, fourth
to the court of public opinion in Nigeria and finally international law and the
rest of us.”
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