US lawmaker decries Nigeria’s electoral process vanguardngr.com vanguardnews
At an interactive session with constituents from Virginia who paid him a visit on Capitol Hill, the Democratic congressman and member of the Foreign Affairs Committee had been asked questions about Syria, Nigeria and Venezuela.
Responding to a question from international human rights lawyer, Emmanuel Ogebe who asked what the US was doing about ISIS relocation to Nigeria where they abducted Leah Sharibu and the recent presidential elections which were shambolic, Congressman Connolly said that many observers agree that the Nigerian elections were not credible.
He lamented the activities of Boko Haram, Al Qaeda and other terrorist groups on the African continent and said the US was not paying adequate attention to Africa.Responding to another question, he said Rep Ilhan Omar’s remarks were not news priority when people are dying in Syria, there’s malnutrition in Venezuela and “Elections are being stolen in Nigeria” .
Congressman Connolly disclosed to the group that the venue of the interactive session was actually the situation room used by congress for intelligence briefings. Rep Connolly is a Democrat from Virginia who sits on the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the Government Oversight Subcommittee.
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