According to
the U.S. State Department, the restrictions were imposed on the individuals
“for their actions surrounding the November 2019 Kogi and Bayelsa State
elections”.
The United
States on Monday announced the imposition of visa ban on some unidentified
Nigerians that it extra-judicially accused of undermining the democratic
process.
Curiously,
the US also said it is imposing visa restrictions on those individuals in the
elections that are yet to take place, this week’s Edo election and 10 October
Ondo State election.
“These
individuals have so far operated with impunity at the expense of the Nigerian
people and have undermined democratic principles,” State Department spokeswoman
Morgan Ortagus said in the statement.
In 2019, the
United States imposed visa restrictions on Nigerians it said had undermined
elections in February and March of that year.
The State
Department said it warned in a statement last year that it would consider
consequences, including visa restrictions, on those responsible for organising
election-related violence or undermining the Nigerian democratic process.
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