Opposition All Progressives Congress ,APC Presidential Candidate,General Muhammadu Buhari and President Goodluck Jonathan have renewed the pledge to ensure peace election across Nigeria.
At the end of a meeting facilitated by former Head of State,General Abdulsalami Abubakar-led National Peace Committee on 2015 Elections, Buhari and Jonathan issued a statement which called on their supporters to refrain from violence.
“Now that the campaigns have come to an end, we meet today to renew our pledge for peaceful elections. We therefore call on all fellow citizens of our dear country, and our part supporters, to refrain from violence or any acts that may in any way jeopardise our collective vision of a free, fair and credible election”said the statement which was also signed by General Abdulsalami
The statement called “on INEC and all security agencies to ensure strict adherence to their constitutional roles.
“We also pledge to respect the outcome of free, fair and credible elections.
The statement titled “Renewal of our pledges to peaceful elections” reads thus:
Joint statement issued by His Excellency, President Goodluck Jonathan and Major General Muhammad Buhari on Thursday, March 26, 2015 ahead of the 2015 presidential elections
You may recall that on 14th January 2015, both of us, long with nine other party leaders signed what has now come to be known as the Abuja Accord. The substance of that Accord was our commitment to free, fair and credible elections in our dear country.
In the Accord, we agreed to, among other things, run an issue-based campaign and pledged that our electoral campaigns will not involve any religious incitement, ethnic or tribal profiling, both by ourselves and all agents acting in our names.
Now that the campaigns have come to an end, we meet today to renew our pledge for peaceful elections. We therefore call on all fellow citizens of our dear country, and our part supporters, to refrain from violence or any acts that may in any way jeopardise our collective vision of a free, fair and credible election.
In addition, we call on INEC and all security agencies to ensure strict adherence to their constitutional roles.
We also pledge to respect the outcome of free, fair and credible elections.
Today, we again renew our commitment to a united, democratic and prosperous Nigeria. We want to all Nigerians to stand together at this critical phase of our nation’s history.
Long live the Federal Republic of Nigeria. God bless you all.
Signed by Jonathan, Buhari and Abdusalam Abubakar.
