Ahead of next year’s general elections, presidential candidate of the
Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN), Oby Ezekwesili, has given
conditions for violence-free polls.
Speaking yesterday alongside
other presidential candidates at an event organised by Presidential
Summit Centre (PSC) in collaboration with Forum of Presidential
Candidates (FPC) towards peaceful elections, Ezekwesili listed signing
of amended electoral bill and non-interference of security personnel
during the polls.
She cautioned that a repeat of military
intimidation and harassment of voters, as it happened in Ekiti and Osun
states governorship elections would not be accepted by Nigerians during
the elections. She, therefore, urged President Muhammadu Buhari to
listen to the court of public opinion and address lingering electoral
issues ahead of the polls.
“There was a peace accord. In our own
case, we signed, not because it was a ceremony but because we believed
in it.“We want Nigerians to send a strong message to President Buhari
that he must exhibit exemplary leadership quality that will ensure our
election does not end up taking the country and the people down.
“And
the way to do that is to listen to the court of public opinion, and
that is that the country would want to have the best electoral act
possible, and the way to ensure we have it is for the President to sign
the electoral amendment bill 2018 into law.
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