{"id":4222,"date":"2019-02-09T17:43:31","date_gmt":"2019-02-09T17:43:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=4222"},"modified":"2019-02-09T17:43:31","modified_gmt":"2019-02-09T17:43:31","slug":"us-reveals-what-will-happen-to-anyone-who-interfere-in-nigerias-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/us-reveals-what-will-happen-to-anyone-who-interfere-in-nigerias-election","title":{"rendered":"US reveals what will happen to anyone who interfere in Nigeria\u2019s election"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The United States has warned against interference in Nigeria\u2019s forthcoming elections.<\/p>\n<p>The United States secretary of state Michael Pompeo, on Saturday said that those who interfere or incite violence in Nigeria\u2019s election would be held accountable.<\/p>\n<p>Nigerians will be out to cast their votes for their preferred candidates a week from now.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-169\" src=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/05\/africa-press_nigeria_-INEC-to-register-5-more-political-parties-300x169.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/upload\/sites\/3\/2017\/05\/africa-press_nigeria_-INEC-to-register-5-more-political-parties-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/upload\/sites\/3\/2017\/05\/africa-press_nigeria_-INEC-to-register-5-more-political-parties.png 620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\nDAILY POST reported earlier that the governor of Kaduna state, Malam Nasir El-rufai had stated that any foreigner who interferes in Nigeria\u2019s electoral process would leave in body bags.<\/p>\n<p>U.S warned those who would like to instigate violence and interfere in the forthcoming elections to desist from their plots.<\/p>\n<p>The country added that anybody who interferes must be held accountable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe United States government supports a free, fair, transparent, and peaceful election that reflects the will of the Nigerian people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is critical that the Independent National Electoral Commission operates free from outside pressure and intimidation and in a totally objective manner.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNigerian security services must provide a safe and secure environment for the Nigerian people to exercise their rights. Those who interfere in the electoral process or incite violence must be held to account.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe upcoming elections are an opportunity for Nigeria to solidify its place as a democratic leader in Africa.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United States has warned against interference in Nigeria\u2019s forthcoming elections. The United States secretary of state Michael Pompeo, on Saturday said that those who interfere or incite violence in Nigeria\u2019s election would be held accountable. Nigerians will be out to cast their votes for their preferred candidates a week from now. DAILY POST reported [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":4224,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,29,28,14],"tags":[38,158,285],"class_list":["post-4222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-homepage-english","category-policy","tag-election","tag-presidency","tag-relationship"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>US reveals what will happen to anyone who interfere in Nigeria\u2019s election - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/us-reveals-what-will-happen-to-anyone-who-interfere-in-nigerias-election\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"US reveals what will happen to anyone who interfere in Nigeria\u2019s election\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The United States has warned against interference in Nigeria\u2019s forthcoming elections. 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