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Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the statement by the Nigerian pro-democracy group, the Mandate Protection Vanguard that the UK Prime Minister’s congratulatory message to the Nigerian President on his electoral victory failed to address (1) voter suppression in opposition strongholds, (2) abductions and intimidation of electoral officials, (3) the destruction of ballot boxes, (4) assaults on voters by members of the security services and others, (5) organised mass thumb-printing of ballot papers, including by minors, and (6) the deaths of at least 39 people in election related violence.  HL14237

Question HL14237: tabled on 5 March 2019 and due for answer by 19 March 2019

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Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the statement by the Nigerian pro-democracy group, the Mandate Protection Vanguard that the UK Prime Minister’s congratulatory message to the Nigerian President on his electoral victory failed to address (1) voter suppression in opposition strongholds, (2) abductions and intimidation of electoral officials, (3) the destruction of ballot boxes, (4) assaults on voters by members of the security services and others, (5) organised mass thumb-printing of ballot papers, including by minors, and (6) the deaths of at least 39 people in election related violence.  HL14237
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