The US and UK government have released a joint statement appraising last
Saturday's general elections. According to the statement posted on UK's
Foreign affairs website
here,
both government said the elections have largely been peaceful but that
there are disturbing indications of political interference in the
collation of results. The statement below...
Our governments welcome the largely peaceful vote on 28 March. The
Nigerian people have shown a commendable determination to register their
vote and choose their leaders.
So far, we have seen no evidence of systemic manipulation of the
process. But there are disturbing indications that the collation process
- where the votes are finally counted - may be subject to deliberate
political interference.
This would contravene the letter and spirit of the
Abuja Accord, to which both major parties committed themselves.
The Governments of the United States and the United Kingdom would be
very concerned by any attempts to undermine the independence of the
Electoral Commission (INEC), or its Chairman, Prof Jega; or in any way
distort the expressed will of the Nigerian people.
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