Nigeria, Nov. 10 -- The Nigeria Governors Forum has debunked a report that the chairman of the body who is the Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, was denied a U.S. visa he applied for.

An online platform alleged that Mr Fayemi was denied entry visa by the United States Embassy in Nigeria on Friday, fuelling speculations that the United States was already walking its talk to ban Nigerian officials from entering the U.S. for their alleged roles in the last general elections.

The United States had last July threatened to impose visa restrictions on Nigerians it said were involved in trying to undermine democracy in presidential and parliamentary elections this year.

The U.S. State Department, however, did not name the individuals or say...