Foreigners death threat: INEC distances self from el-Rufai’s comments

The Independent National Electoral Commission has distanced
itself from the comment made by Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna
State wherein he stated that foreign persons that interfere in
Nigeria’s elections will leave in body bags.

El-Rufai had said during a live programme on NTA, “Those that
are calling for anyone to come and intervene in Nigeria, we are
waiting for the person that would come and intervene, they would go
back in body bags.”

Speaking on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily, the Resident
Electoral Commissioner for Akwa Ibom, Mike Igini, said foreign
observers should not feel intimidated.

Igini said, “I am concerned by that statement but we want to
assure members of the international community that our election is
an election that we want to conduct because election period is a
period for citizens to renew ideas, policies, and persons who have
governed for a period of time.

“So, here in Nigeria, we want to say that on the part of the
commission, our commitment to conduct free and fair election to the
satisfaction of the Nigerian people first and will also meet
regional and international standards, one that we will demonstrate
in this election because we have sufficient tools preparation to
deal with that.”