....Incite violence, get visa ban, forfeit assets

The British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Ms Catriona Laing, has warned that Nigerian politicians who incite or execute violence during Saturday’s elections would have their visas banned and assets in the UK seized.

Laing gave the warning at a press briefing on Wednesday in Abuja to unveil the Election Situation Room of the Civil Society Situation Room set up by a coalition of civil society organisations to monitor the polls in Abuja.

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(PDP) 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

UN Secretary-General for West Africa and the Sahel, Mr Mohamed Ibn Chambas, thanked the CSOs for the launch of the situation room, describing it as a good work toward the elections.

Ibn Chambas said that it showed that the groups were prepared for the elections and ready to monitor the voting process thus helping UN with ideas on the process in the country.

The American Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Stuart Symington, said that the special thing with the room was not just about that CSOs would say and do but about what every Nigerian would say and do.

“The time has come for this outside world that cares so much about Nigeria to listen to the people of Nigeria and to see what each of them do and then forward the results to lift Nigeria up,’’ Symington said.

Head of the EU Delegation to Nigeria, Ambassador Ketil Karlsen, said that the work of CSOs over the last years gave hope that continued consolidation of democracy clamoured for internally could happen.

Mr Jude Illoh, Country Director of Open Society for West Africa (OSIWA), said that though there a lot of apprehension about the election, Nigeria would overcome it.


Illoh said that Nigeria’s democracy had experienced good progress.

“We have defied dictators, we have defied civil war and everything you can imagine, insurgency terrorism everything thrown at us we are still standing.

“ I can tell you that the morning after the election we will be standing as a country, proudly Nigerians, ‘’ he said.

Mr Clement Nwankwo, the convener of the Situation room,said the situation room would help monitor the election and give Nigerians information as it came in order to guarantee free, air and credible elections.


http://thenationonlineng.net/incite-violence-get-visa-ban-forfeit-assets-britain-warns-nigerias-politicians/

British government should first Sanction Governor El-Rufai for his war speech before I can take them serious

PDP and do or die politics are one and the same. But Nigerians will resist them

PDP are Fake news peddlers and they will comprehensively fail

Cooked up news

Interesting.

Even their E rats know nothing apart from hate speech. Once you are not supporting their fraudulent Atikulooking movement they result to making hate speeches. Some in my area are even taking it so personal to the extent that you will perceive the agression in their bloods once they realize that you are not for their fraudulent Atikulooking movement but I just ignore them the way I ignore the ones on Nairaland. We don't wrestle with pigs

These foreigners should leave us alone nah

The brits will deny this news before tomorrow morning, APC are fake news are like bread and butter.

Tinubu newspaper doing it as well.
Tinubu hates speaches at kwara and lagos is well documented. look at them twisting the news. Nigerians are not daft. count down to hours. our vote will do the needful.

Even on Nairaland here, their braying donkeys legion of delusional supporters curse & abuse their generation for having freewill to choose...

Leave me to my stingy dictator , hug your established kleptocrat of international repute., wahala nor dey...

thats right....!!

britain is findin their mojo back....they are tired of this international nice bullshitt....

WATCHOVER:
British government should first Sanction Governor El-Rufai for his war speech before I can take them serious

you cant blame him for defendin what they fought for for so long....you think it was easy to return nigeria back to democracy from military rule....??

i understand him....although it was too harsh....
its obvious that fee dee fee is ready to do anything to get back to power even if people suffer....

British should just allow them, let them continue the hate speech while the online pigs clap for them.

One thing for sure, the potency of those hate speech in convincing electorates is as high as sea level with ground as the reference point.

And if they want to go a step further by going physical on election day, British should not bother, we get python wey no dey look Uche face.

All these last minute survival propaganda strategies been adopted by BMCs will not save their imminent defeat on Saturday! Atiku is winning this election!