Citing strong human right violations, unchecked corruption amongst Nigerian government officials, President Barack Obama, who will make a weeklong trip to Africa this summer, will not visit Nigeria, Huhuonline.com can disclose.
In statement issued Monday, the White House said, President Obama and his wife Michelle will visit Senegal, South Africa and Tanzania from June 26 to July 3.
“The president will meet with a wide array of leaders from government, business and civil society, including youth, to discuss our strategic partnerships on bilateral and global issues,” the White House said in a statement. “The trip will underscore the president’s commitment to broadening and deepening cooperation between the United States and the people of sub-Saharan Africa to advance regional and global peace and prosperity.”
Last week, Sen. John Kerry, US Secretary of State, in a statement, had expressed concerns about credible allegations that Nigerian security forces are committing gross human rights violations in North eastern Nigeria.
The US State Department Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2012, released penultimate weekend, said Nigerian government officials and agencies frequently engaged in corrupt practices with impunity.
The corruption fighting agencies, such as EFCC, have been reduced to the notorious routine of police stations from which they were meant to be insulated by their independent existence.
Huhuonline.com gathered that report from Terrence Macaulay, US ambassador to Nigeria, who was on a working visit to River State, last week, helped in frustrating President Jonathan`s hope of hosting the Obama`s.
Excerpt of the restated diplomatic report obtained by huhuonline.com, reads;
“Ahead of 2015 elections, there is a credible allegation of plot by the Nigerian Presidency to frustrate, silence and annihilate dissenting voices. Particularly, there are clandestine machinations to oust Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State from office through undemocratic means for his opposing views.”
