Reuters
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The USA has imposed entry restrictions on extra Nigerians for undermining the democratic course of throughout the African nation’s 2023 election cycle, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken stated on Monday.
“These people have been concerned in voter intimidation by threats and bodily violence, manipulation of voting outcomes and different actions that undermine Nigeria’s democratic course of,” Blinken stated in an announcement. assertion.
No extra particulars have been supplied.
The motion is the most recent in a sequence of visa restrictions imposed on Nigerian people lately.
Nigeria’s electoral tribunal this month was as a result of start listening to petitions from the opposition defying the victory of President-elect Bola Tinubu within the disputed February presidential vote, court docket information confirmed.
Tinubuof the ruling All Progressives Congress celebration, defeated his closest rivals, Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Get together and Peter Obi of the Labor Get together, who alleged fraud and launched a court docket attraction.
Atiku and Obi need the court docket to invalidate Tinubu’s victory, arguing that the vote was riddled with irregularities, amongst different criticisms. Tinubu, who’s scheduled to be sworn in on Could 29, says he received pretty and needs the petitions dismissed.
There have been quite a few authorized challenges to the end result of the earlier Nigerian presidential election, however none have been profitable.