US to Deny Visa to Any Fleeing Aspirant that Would Cause Violence in Nigeria's 2015 Election

John kerry n buhari on peace talk
Amidst of fears and predictions of violence after the 2015 polls, the US Secretary of State, John Kerry says that US would deny visa to anybody that would forment trouble in the forth-coming election in Nigeria; an election which he described as going to be the largest in the continent.
He made the statement after meeting with the presidential candidates of PDP and APC, President Goodluck Jonathan and Muhammad Buhari respectively. 

“Given the stakes, it’s ab­solutely critical that these elections be conducted peace­fully that they are credible, transparent and accountable,” Kerry told reporters on a visit to Lagos.
Kerry urged the leading pres­idential candidates to refrain from fomenting violence after next month’s vote. “It is abso­lute critical that this election can be conducted peacefully. The international community is paying very close attention to this election,” he said.
“This will be the largest democratic election on the con­tinent,” he said.
He condemned Boko Haram and said US had been engaged with Nigeria in the fight of terror and promised that US would do more is the election went peacefully.
“Bottom line, we want to do more and that was part of the message to both President Jonathan and General Buhari today,” Kerry declared.
“We are prepared to do more but our ability to do more will depend to some degree on the full measure of credibility and accountability and transparency and peacefulness of these elec­tions.”

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