The United States Government has
said it is compiling reports on the 2019 general elections in order to give a
proper response.
The Assistant Secretary of State,
Bureau of African Affairs, Tibor Nagy, stated this in a press conference
yesterday.
The US also threatened to place a
visa ban on persons involved in electoral violence.
According to Nagy, during the
build-up to the elections, the US Ambassador, Stuart Symington, and his team
took many steps to ensure that things went smoothly.
He added that before, during, and
currently in the post-election period, they are providing phenomenal guidance
to Washington on how the US Government should or should not respond to the
election-related matters.
Nagy said: “So, just be rest
assured that the United States of America Embassy and the Consulate in Lagos,
are actively involved and are doing an absolutely superb job to monitor events
and to provide guides on how Washington should react to whatever the events
there are.
“As you know, our secretary did
make a telephone call.”
Recall that the United States
Secretary of State, Michael Pompeo, was reported to have placed a call across
to the Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar,
for a free, fair and credible election in the country while President Donald
Trump called Buhari prior to the presidential and National Assembly elections.
The US Government had said: “We,
and other democratic nations, will be paying close attention to actions of
individuals who interfere in the democratic process or instigate violence
against the civilian population before, during, or after the elections.
“We will not hesitate to consider
consequences –including visa restrictions – for those found to be responsible
for election-related violence.”
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