Preserve the sanctity of people’s votes – Abdulsalami Abubakar

Candidates in Saturday’s Osun State governorship election have signed Peace Accord under the watch of the National Peace Council.

At the ceremony in Osogbo, Chairman of the National Peace Council and a former Nigeria Head of State, General Abdusalami Abubakar who spoke through a video message charged politicians and the electorate that all hands must be on deck to preserve the sanctity of the people’s votes and the country’s democracy.

Addressing the gathering, Convener of the Peace Accord, Bishop Martins Kukah said the direction the Nigeria democracy was moving in view of the amount of violence in the country was dangerous.

Bishop Kukah charged the political class to convince Nigerians on the need to trust in them.

Adenitan Akinola