The Chairman of the National Peace Committee, General Abdulsalam Abubakar, says the group has presented the grievances and observations of the Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate in Saturday’s election, Atiku Abubakar, to the President.
Gen. Abubakar told
journalists after the committee met with President Muhammadu Buhari on
Friday that the meeting was basically to convey the fears of the PDP to
the President, affirming that Mr. Atiku did not give conditions as being
speculated.
“Mr. President has listened to us and also taken note of what we have told him.
On behalf of this country and all of us regardless, we need peace. This country is very important to all of us.
We are not talking of self-interest; we are talking of the interest of Nigeria,” said Gen Abubakar.
He described the PDP presidential candidate’s decision to approach the courts as the right thing to do.
“I
keep saying, whenever there is violence, we are not going to see
violence in Ikoyi, in the Villa and you will not find violence in the
various government houses in this country.
“It is always the
poor men that get to kill themselves and so on. So, please, yes, as much
as we have grievances, l am glad that the PDP said they are going to
court to challenge the process. l think this is the right way to go
about it, and l hope and pray that we will maintain this.”
The
meeting comes a day after the Committee met with the PDP Presidential
candidate, in the company of other leaders of the party including the
PDP National Chairman, Uche Secondus, Senate President, Bukola Saraki,
and House of Representatives Speaker, Yakubu Dogara, among others.
The National Peace Committee has been in the forefront of the campaign for peaceful elections in the country.
In
the run up to the Presidential and National Assembly polls, the
Committee got the presidential candidates to sign a Peace Accord,
pledging to maintain the atmosphere peace and urge their supporters to
abstain from violence.
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