The United State embassy in Abuja has denied reports that the US government has placed a Visa restriction on the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and some commissioners of the electoral body.
A source at the embassy who didn’t want to be mentioned said that the news is false as none of such directive has been given.
The source said, “the US government refuses to be drawn into any attempt to malign the INEC over the 2019 elections as issues arising from the election are still in court.”
The source also confirmed that quite a number of INEC ‘s Commissioners were recently granted Visas to the US.
“This is a lie. We don’t understand why people will go this length to spread false information,” the source said.
The source also confirmed that INEC Commissioner, Amina Zakary, who was mentioned in a blog post as banned from entering the US, just returned from the US a few days ago while Commissioner Lecky is right now in the US on official duties.
