The British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Ms Catriona Laing, has warned that Nigerian politicians who incite or execute violence during Saturday’s elections would be banned from visa issuance and assets in the UK seized. She reminded political parties that apart from their assets being seized in the UK, they could experience a worst case scenario of prosecution.
“We will apply this absolutely across board, not directed to any particular party; so, we are monitoring and looking out for hate speech. “We are concerned about the Peoples Democratic Party rally which has hate speech a lot and we will like to call that kind of thing out. “Our two worries are on security, not just on the role the Police will play to ensure peace, but about the role individuals play by getting angry or militias being paid to disrupt elections. “Then, another worry is fake news, that is why we rely on CSOs and we will work with them to get information,’’she said
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