The UK has decided to impose visa restrictions on 10 Nigerians


The United Kingdom (UK) said the mission was working on a list of people to accuse of visa bans.

He added that he already has 5-10 names on the list of missions and more will be added.

Nigeria's Deputy High Commissioner Ben Llewellyn Jones spoke about the recent broadcast in Nigeria Information on Sunday.

He said that in some areas the name of the debtor has not been made public as expected.

The UK High Commission said last week that the UK's Secretary of State for Development and Africa, MP Andrew Mitchell, was prepared to take action against those who participated in or incited election violence during the general election that had just ended. said that The High Commission said the UK had already collected the names of the perpetrators and imposed sanctions "including preventing people from obtaining UK visas or imposing sanctions under the human rights sanctions system". said to impose.

On Sunday, Llewellyn Jones said: "We are going through the list and have not released these names. I know people say they should. , I know we have laws to protect us, but we have a list, we said we'd do this, and we're going to do this, and you know, we're about certain individuals We collect the types of information that allow us to do so. “As you know, we looked very closely. I was in Lagos the whole time. People were on the scene at key points. you can't. His list already has 5 to 10 names from him and the list will continue to grow. "

Asked if there were any triggers for violence in the run-up to the campaign, Llewellyn Jones denounced controversial testimony attributed to Femi Fani Kayode, a member of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) Presidential Election Council.

He also lamented that the ruling APC had not yet distanced themselves from some of Fani-Kayode's comments.

He said: "People like Fani Kayode were in the news. what did he say why is he saying that? can not understand. I know what you mean, but it's different. In my view, it is wrong for him to speak on behalf of a political party and that party not only distances themselves but tells them to stop."

Llewellyn-Jones also condemned the divisive politics that played out in Lagos during the election, adding: Will it be true then? success? "

Fani Kayode responded to his Twitter name to urge the British ambassador to resolve Nigeria's problems. He said: "I advise this Ben, who is said to be the British Deputy High Commissioner for Nigeria, to keep his dirty nose out of our internal affairs. 

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