UK Silence Fani-Kayode Over ‘Inciting Comments’, Says 10 Persons On Visa Ban Watchlist

The United Kingdom revealed that about 5 to 10 Nigeria names who engaged in or incite electoral violence and other anti-democratic behaviours during the Governorship and states of assembly elections on March 18 have been compiled for visa ban.

VerseNews Nigeria reports that this was disclosed by the British Deputy High Commissioner to Nigeria, Ben Llewellyn-Jones in an interview with Nigeria Info FM on Sunday following the “inciting comments” by a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Femi Fani-Kayode,

Responding to Fani-Kayode, Llewellyn-Jones said; “Yes, let’s be specific, there were some people, like Femi Fani-Kayode, what is he saying and why is he saying it? I don’t understand.

“It is wrong from my perspective that he will speak on behalf of a party and that party does not distance itself from him and say stop doing that. It is wrong to say that.”

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Speaking on the visa ban, he said UK Government has 5 to 10 names compiled already but can’t make it public.

“We have a list, we are working through our list but we don’t publish those names. I know people say we should, but we have laws, and the law prevents us from doing that.

“At the moment the list is between 5 and 10 and it is growing,” he added.

What you should know

• UK started compiling names of individuals who incite electoral violence and other anti-democratic behaviours during the Governorship and states of assembly elections held on Saturday March 18, 2023.
• UK also witnessed and received credible reports from other observer missions and civil society organisations of vote buying and voter intimidation the destruction and hijacking of election materials and the general disruption of the process in numerous states including Lagos, Enugu and Rivers.