The United States of America has given reasons it will not
reveal the identities of Nigerian politicians issued visa bans for interfering
in electoral processes.
On Monday, the US government announced the ban on some
Nigerians, who undermined the November 2019 governorship polls in Bayelsa and Kogi
States.
On why the identities of those affected were not disclosed,
the American Ambassador to Nigeria, Mary Beth Leonard, it was because of the
confidentiality attached to visa-related matters.
Leonard stated this on Wednesday, while speaking at the end
of the inaugural consular meeting with Nigeria officials.
According to her, the names cannot be made public “as US
visa processes are in fact confidential and so we do not publish a list, we do
not make public who it is that would be subjected to this sanction.
“An individual who intends to travel or apply for visa would
be refused and impeded but it is not something that we advertise, who these
individuals are.”
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