The United States says it is compiling reports on the 2019
general elections with a view to giving a proper response on
it.
The US said it was actively involved with political happenings
in the country, particularly regarding the 2019 election.
The US Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of African Affairs,
Tibor Nagy, said this in a telephone press conference on
Tuesday.
Nagy said during the build-up to the elections, the US
Ambassador, Stuart Symington, and his team took many steps to
ensure that things went smoothly.
The US official said in the pre-election period, in the election
period and currently in the post-election period, they are
providing phenomenal guidance to Washington on how the US
Government should and should not respond to the election-related
matters.
He said, “So, just 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.”
Prior to the Presidential and National Assembly election, 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.
The US had threatened to place a visa ban on persons involved in
electoral violence.
The American 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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