2019 Elections: FG Welcomes U.S, UK Statements On Nigerian Election

The Federal Government has welcomed the statements from the
United States and the United Kingdom demanding credible and
peaceful Nigerian election and threatening punitive measures
against election riggers and perpetrators of electoral
violence.

In a statement issued in Ilorin on Friday, the Minister of
Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said the Federal
Government is particularly delighted that the statements came after
it alerted the nation to the machinations of some opposition
elements who are working to scuttle the 2019 polls through
widespread violence.

”A few days ago, we alerted the nation to the plot by the
opposition to orchestrate widespread violence in the country, using
insurgents and criminal elements within and outside the
country.

Their plan is to scuttle the election and then push for an
interim government, having realized they can’t win a free, fair,
credible and peaceful elections.

”The fact that those statements came after we issued our red
alert, which is based on credible intelligence, shows that the
international community is closely monitoring events ahead of the
election.

We urge them to keep a close tab on the desperate opposition,
whose language, actions and undisguised threats are antithetical to
the conduct of peaceful polls,” he said.