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UK To Sanction 10 Nigerians, Envoy Fingers Femi Fani-Kayode

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The United Kingdom has said the mission is working on the list of those it will slam with visa ban.

It also said the mission had between five and 10  names on its list already, adding that more would still be added.

The Deputy High Commissioner to Nigeria, Ben Llewellyn-Jones, spoke on a current affairs programme on Nigerian Info on Sunday.

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He said the names of defaulters would not be published as expected in some quarters.

The British High Commission had last week said the UK Minister of State for Development and Africa, Andrew Mitchell MP, was prepared to take action against those who engaged in or incited electoral violence during the just-concluded general elections.

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The high commission said the UK was already collating names of perpetrators and would impose sanctions “including preventing people from obtaining UK visas or imposing sanctions under our human rights sanctions regime.”

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