U.S Govt Has no Preferred Candidate
The United States Government has briefed the Nigerian community and officials resident in the country about its involvement and alignments in the upcoming general elections in Nigeria.
The officials, drawn from the Department of State, told Nigerians at the Nigerian Embassy in Washington, DC, that the United States had no preferred candidate in the February 16 and March 2 elections.
They said the United States’ interest is to help support a process that leads to credible result that reflects the will of the Nigerian people, and took turns to answer questions from Nigerians.
They also said the United States stood with pronouncements made so far by its ambassador to Nigeria, Stuart Symington on the elections.
The U.S. representatives said their government had, over the last week, been reaching out to various partners to review how they see the elections and how to engage and support Nigeria at this critical moment.
(NAN)