The United States (U.S.) has said that it has no preferred candidate in the 2019 general elections in Nigeria.
Mr Phillip Franz, a political officer in the U.S. embassy in Nigeria, said this during a visit to Katsina State Government House on Wednesday in Katsina.
Franz said that the U.S. was, however, interested in the electoral processes that would ensure credible elections.
“We want to emphasise that the U.S. has no candidate in this election; our candidate is the process; we very much respect the sovereignty of the country,” he said
He, therefore, assured the support of the U.S. to Nigeria in conducting free, fair and transparent elections in 2019.
“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 said.
