2019 Elections: Buhari Assures International Community Of Their Safety In Nigeria

President Muhammadu Buhari has pledged a free and fair election to the diplomatic community and foreign election observers in Nigeria.

The President, in a state broadcast on Thursday evening, said the foreign community has nothing to fear.

“I want to assure all Nigerians, the diplomatic community and all foreign election observers of their safety and full protection. Any comments or threats of intimidation from any source do not represent the position of the Federal Government of Nigeria,” Buhari said.

He reaffirmed the commitment of the federal government “to the conduct of free and fair elections in a safe and peaceful atmosphere”, adding that “just yesterday, I signed the Peace Accord alongside 72 other presidential candidates”.

Naija News recalls the presidency, also commenting on a threat statement issued by the Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-rufai that the Nigeria is “waiting for the person that would come and intervene, they would go back in body bags”, said, many will interpret this as an indirect rebuttal of threats by Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna state, but he was defending “Nigeria’s integrity“.

Speaking through the President’s spokesman, Garba Shehu, it said what the governor said was “in the national interest”.