They spoke about the imperative of the government and INEC ensuring peaceful, free, fair and transparently credible elections. Indeed, The Cable online publication quoted the UN as accusing Buhari of breaking human rights standards by suspending CJN Onnoghen. Rivers State is traditionally a hotspot since the days of the rivalry between Dr. Odili and Rotimi Amaechi, and later between Amaechi and Wike. Crafted in the diplomatic polish and finesse characteristic of diplomatic missions generally, the United States Embassy denied any interference. It said as follows: “The United States Embassy in Nigeria wishes to reiterate, unequivocally, that we are not taking sides in Nigeria’s election.

Source: The Guardian February 14, 2019 03:11 UTC