Timi Frank wants UK, EU to emulate US on visa ban

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The United States government has been hailed for imposing Visa ban on those who undermined democracy during the 2023 general elections.

A former National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Timi Frank, who gave the commendation, said the news was a delight to ordinary Nigerians whose rights and fate were being determined by criminal politicians.

A statement on Monday had stated tjat the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, said, “The United States is committed to supporting and advancing democracy in Nigeria and around the world.

“Today, I am announcing that we have taken steps to impose visa restrictions on specific individuals in Nigeria for undermining the democratic process during Nigeria’s 2023 elections cycle.”

Frank, who reacted to the development in a statement, urged the United Kingdom and the European Union to follow suit in punishing fraudulent and compromised individuals who participated in undermining the 2023 general elections in Nigeria.

According to him, “The decision of the US has once again given us hope, that the era of brazenly undermining the process of a democratic exercise will have dire consequences

“It is indeed a wake up call for all other political actors who have mastered the art of sabotaging and scuttling democratic electioneering processes for personal gains.

“The US has proven once again that it indeed has the interest of the Nigerian people in ensuring that democracy thrives unhindered to the benefit of the people.”

Frank wants the government of America to extend a similar ban to the families and cronies of those individuals currently in the US to serve as a deterrent to all crooked politicians.

He noted that the US must beam its searchlights on all collaborators and conspirators who participated actively in disenfranchising the people.