Allow People’s Choice to Prevail, Abdulsalami’s Peace Committee Tells Presidential Candidates *Urges them to moderate language at campaign grounds Onyebuchi Ezigbo in Abuja The National Peace Committee (NPC), led by a former Head of State, Ge
The National Peace Committee , led by a former Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar , yesterday in Abuja met with the leadership of the nation’s 18 registered political parties and their presidential candidates, and demanded that they should allow the people’s choice to prevail in the 2023 elections.
“I want to appeal to all Nigerians to appreciate the seriousness and significance of these elections. We have gone through many difficulties and survived them.” “We are pleased that there are measurable improvements, and that INEC is assuring us that it has resolved some of the areas that have often caused violence.
He said, “You may also recall that we placed advertisements in all major newspapers and the social media calling on all Presidential candidates to be mindful of the concerns of Nigerians, on such issues are the need to use temperate language, avoid raising the tone of violence and to conduct themselves in a manner that does not undermine the electoral process.”
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