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The New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) has demanded for a free, fair, credible, transparent, acceptable and violence-free governorship election in Ekiti State on Saturday 18th June, 2022.
This was contained in a statement signed by NNPP’s National Publicity Secretary, Dr. Agbo Major in Abuja, the nation’s capital.
He urged stakeholders in the electoral process to respect the will and mandate of the people of Ekiti State as they cast their votes in this Saturday’s gubernatorial poll.
Major said that INEC should provide a level playing field for all the political parties and their candidates who are to participate in the forthcoming election and ensure the poll meets international standards, particularly with improved technology, bearing in mind
that its performance is a strong signal of what Nigerians should expect in the 2023 general election.
He urged eligible voters to turn up en masse and vote for NNPP candidate, Fatomilola Oladosu and ensure that their votes are counted in the overall result.
NNPP warned against rigging, violence, ballot snatching, falsification of results, vote-buying, cloning of permanent voter cards and declaration of fake results to cause confusion in the
polity.
The party urged security agencies to be civil and professional in the discharge of their electoral duties and ensure the prompt arrest of vote buyers and other electoral offenders including their
sponsors and bring them to justice.
“The ballot is sacrosanct and must be respected by all stakeholders. We cannot afford to roll back the progress made so far in advancing our democracy. We must therefore allow the will of Ekiti State voters to prevail in an atmosphere free of chaos, rancor and anarchy.
“The party calls on all candidates to be patriotic, cast their votes peacefully and accept the results of the election as the mandate of the people’’ he said.
Major further added that “a new Nigeria is emerging speedily with New Nigeria People’s Party. It is time to build a strong, virile, progressive, equitable and just democratic nation.
“The whole world is watching us as the great arsenal of democracy in Africa. We are all in it together” he said.
Olusola Akintonde
