The European Union has stated that imposing sanctions on political stakeholders over electoral violence reported in some components of Nigeria forward of the 2027 common elections will not be its duty.
The EU Ambassador to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Gautier Mignot, acknowledged this whereas talking on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief on Thursday.
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“I was listening to that, and I was thinking: what kind of conception of Nigerian sovereignty is that if you expect from an international partner to sanction, give punishments, give good marks, bad marks to your political and institutional stakeholders? This is not our role,” stated Mignot.
“Our role is to support the process, support the stakeholders, empower them, and this is what we are doing. This event where we spoke about political violence was organised by the National Human Rights Commission yesterday in Abuja with EU support, precisely to give a platform where these issues can be showcased and discussed, and with recommendations that were issued by the participants.”
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