The United States government has said it would not back any presidential candidate in the 2019 presidential election in Nigeria as it does not have a preferred candidate.
A political officer at the US Embassy in Nigeria, Mr Phillip Franz disclosed this Wednesday, when he visited Katsina State Government House.
Katsina is the home state of incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who would be contesting against many candidates, including his main challenger, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Franz disclosed that the US government mainly concerns itself with the processes that will lead to a credible poll in Nigeria in 2019, and not into supporting candidates.
Franz said, “We want to emphasise that the US has no candidate in this election. Our candidate is the process. We very much respect the sovereignty of the country.”
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According to him, the US wholeheartedly supports any process that will bring about credible polls that will reflect the will of the people.
“We will support peaceful electoral process and we stand to provide whatever assistance in order to see free, fair transparent and credible election in Nigeria in 2019,” he added.