The United States has announced it has taken steps to impose visa restrictions on specific individuals in Nigeria for undermining the democratic process during that country’s 2023 elections cycle.
The move, according to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, is in support of and advancing democracy in Nigeria and around the world.
Blinken says the actions are specific to certain individuals and are not directed at the Nigerian people or the government as a whole. The US says these individuals, as yet unnamed, have been involved in intimidation of voters through threats and physical violence, the manipulation of vote results and other activity that undermines Nigeria’s democratic process.
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