Fani-Kayode has reacted as US imposed visa restriction on Nigerian politicians
Senior member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Femi Fani-Kayode has responded to a US initiative to impose visa sanctions on Nigerians who tainted the country’s recently concluded general elections.
According to previous reports, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken disclosed on Monday that the US administration had imposed visa restrictions on a number of individuals who allegedly undermined democracy during elections.
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Several parties exerted pressure on the U.S. government to identify the affected legislators.
In a statement released on Tuesday, Fani-Kayode stated that the development was nothing to worry about and that only the Nigerian court can determine whether or not the election was rigged.
The statement reads in part, “Those who have imposed a visa ban on certain “selected Nigerians” for allegedly “undermining democracy” and “rigging elections” are within their rights to do so, as it is their country and they can do as they please.
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“We should not lose sleep over this because the Nigerian people, a great and sovereign people who belong to a great and sovereign nation, spoke loudly and clearly during a series of free, fair, and credible elections and made their legitimate choices.
“Wherever any of these elections may have been rigged or democracy undermined can only be determined by our election tribunals and courts after all the facts and evidence have been presented, examined, and determined, and not by any distant and/or partisan foreign government or power.”
“It is also my opinion that foreign policy, which should be based on the principle of equality of nations and conducted on the basis of reciprocity, requires the Nigerian Federal Government to consider the possibility of doing the same to nationals of those that have implemented and announced this measure and issue a visa ban to any foreign citizen or member of any corporate entity or institution that may have engaged in undermining democracy or rigging elections in eithr Nigeria or another African nation.”
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