(MENAFNEditorial) OTTAWA Canada February 9 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The Honourable Deepak Obhrai Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and for International Human Rights today issued the following statement:
'Canada is concerned that Nigeria's presidential legislative and state elections have been postponed. The people of Nigeria must be allowed to exercise their democratic right to choose their representatives through free fair peaceful and credible elections.
'All institutions of state as well as political parties and candidates must uphold democratic values. It is particularly important that security agencies provide security for elections in an impartial manner and that journalists are allowed unfettered access in reporting on the election process.'
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