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Visa ban threat is noise says Bolaji Akinyemi

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Former minister of external affairs, Bolaji Akinyemi has said Nigerians can approach the international criminal court (ICC) to prosecute electoral offenders in the country.

Speaking in an interview with Arise TV on Friday, Akinyemi described the promise of visa sanctions on electoral offenders by the governments of the US and UK as “all noise that will not lead anywhere”.

Akinyemi said, “Every time we have an election, both the UK and the US raise this prospect of sanctions against those who they suspect are guilty of malfeasance and seeking to sabotage the democratic process. But then, nothing ever happens.

“I cannot remember any person being sanctioned in terms of visa denial. We do hear from time to time names bandied around but we have never seen these sanctions really applied. That is why I just think this is all noise that will not lead anywhere.

“In terms of Nigeria sanctioning these people. There are laws in our criminal code that are against hooliganism and breach of peace.

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