A ranking member of the United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), has called on the Government of the US not to rush in accepting the 25th of February, 2023 election results.
Risch gave the admonition in a statement issued in Washington D.C, United States. Risch said: ‘The ongoing electoral process in Nigeria is widely viewed as deeply flawed by election observers and many Nigerians. It is disappointing to see the administration rush to embrace the result while the full picture of what occurred during this electoral process is yet to be seen.’
Risch also said he had expressed similar concerns related to other areas of the United States-Nigeria relationship with the Federal Government.
‘I worry this rush to judgement will undermine our ability to be an effective partner to all Nigerians, especially given their longstanding desire for democracy,’ Risch added.
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Risch further said with Nigeria heading into state-level elections in just a few days, it was important that the United States be more concerned with supporting the Nigerian people and their democratic aspirations than embracing the Nigerian government.
In another report, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Rishi Sunak has congratulated President-elect Bola Tinubu on the heels of the just concluded presidential election.
Both the UK and Nigeria share a longstanding relationship that has withstood the latter’s over-62-year independence from the former.
‘Congratulations to @officialABAT on his victory in Nigeria. The UK-Nigeria relationship remains strong,’ Sunak tweeted on Wednesday evening.
‘I look forward to working together to grow our security and trade ties, opening up opportunities for businesses and creating prosperity in both our countries.’
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Tinubu the winner in the small hours of Wednesday morning.