UK Collating Information on Those Undermining Democracy,  Inciting Violence,  Promises to Keep Tab on Election Tribunal Proceedings 

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Michael Olugbode in Abuja

The British High Commission in Nigeria has said it was collating relevant informationa on those who engaged in or incited electoral violence and other anti-democratic behaviours in the Nigerian electons.

It  also noted that despite high level of violence during the last Gubernatorial and House of Assembly elections, it had marked improvement over the earlier Presidential and National Assembly elections, promising to keep an eye on legal proceedings at the court

A signed statement on Wednesday by the

Senior Communications & Public Diplomacy Officer, Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) of the British High Commission, Atinuke Akande-Alegbe, while disclosing that the British High Commission observed the gubernatorial elections on 18 March, sending teams to Benue, Enugu, Kano, Lagos, Oyo and Rivers States, said: “We observed improvements around elections logistics by INEC during the gubernatorial elections, particularly when…



Source: Thisday Newspaper