Ahead of the general elections, scheduled to begin
on Saturday, March 28, 2015, the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ ad
Abubakar, yesterday, warned the gladiators, especially President Goodluck
Jonathan and Major General Muhammadu Buhari against taking the election as
do-or-die affair.
Jonathan, the incumbent president, is running on the platform of
the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), while Buhari is the presidential candidate
of the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC).
The elections, initially slated to hold on February 14 and 28,
generated heat in the polity before they were rescheduled for March 28 and
April 11.
The Sultan spoke on a day Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta
State urged politicians to defend the nation’s democracy.
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State also urged elder
statesmen and national leaders to speak out against issues that could provoke
violence during the general elections.
Abubakar told Jonathan, Buhari and other contestants in the
general elections that winners of polls had been pre-destined by God, wondering
why some of them view elections as a do-or-die affair.
“While they struggle for electoral success, they should also
consider the well-being of the country after elections,” the leader of the
Muslim community in Nigeria and also the President, Nigerian Supreme Council of
Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), stated.
The Sultan spoke when the Director-General of the National Youth
Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier General Johnson Olawumi, paid pre-election
advocacy visit to his palace in Sokoto.
He called on security agencies to protect corps members and
other personnel that will be involved in the conduct of the general elections.
Speaking, yesterday, while delivering the keynote address at a
National Integration Roundtable Summit organised by the International Summit
Group Nigeria, Uduaghan stressed the need to protect democracy in the country.
The Delta governor enjoined politicians, regardless of their
party affiliation to avoid action that could negatively affect the nation’s
democratic process.
His words: “Let me also admonish political gladiators on the
need to safeguard the nation’s nascent democracy we are currently enjoying and
ensure that Nigeria does not disintegrate as predicted by some prophets of
doom.
“Let us continue work together to promote the welfare of our
people. Posterity will judge us if we fail in our duties to meet the needs of
our people.
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