The pact entails that all political parties and candidates accept the outcome of the elections or to seek legitimate means of redress in the event of divergent positions.
All 18 registered political parties in Nigeria signed a peace pact on the 2023 general elections in Abuja on Wednesday.
“Nineteen per cent of the violations were carried out by the presidential candidates themselves; 11 per cent by hard-core supporters and 4 per cent by party chairmen. “The meeting discussed existing and emerging issues regarding the ways campaigns were being conducted, and the need for parties to moderate their views,’’ he said.
“It is also to commit them to seek legitimate and peaceful means of addressing any concerns that may arise thereafter. “In the build up to the 2015 general elections, myself and my successor, His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari, signed a similar accord, committing ourselves to free, fair, credible and peaceful elections.
“This is the time for the candidates and party leaders to demonstrate goodwill and impress it on their cadres and followers that election is not war.
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