Nigeria: US Congress, Soyinka Differ On Way Forward

8 June 2007

Washington D.C. — The United States Congress and Prof. Wole Soyinka yesterday took different positions on how best to manage the fallout of Nigeria's April general elections, descri-bed by local and international observers as flawed and below standards set in previous elections in the country.

At an open hearing of the Congressional Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health entitled "Nigeria At a Crossroads: Elections, Legiti-macy and A Way Forward", Soyinka insisted that the whole election should be cancelled, the electoral commission be dissolved and an independent body set up to organise new elections within a "negotiated period."

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