Goodluck Jonathan and Muhammadu Buhari enjoying the encounter
The party in the statement commended its presidential candidate, President Jonathan and Buhari for signing a pact on non-violence ahead of the general election, noting that the development was in line with the irrevocable commitment of the ruling party to the peace and progress of the country at all times.
PDP further stressed that it had already in the last one week of campaigns, demonstrated its resolve to violence free elections by ensuring that its members abide strictly to its code of conduct on peaceful polls.
“It is timely therefore to urge the leadership of the APC to move beyond signing of the peace pact to genuinely taking practical steps to rein in members, especially, the horde of brigand thugs already on the loose in parts of the country, or be held responsible for any failure. With the completion of the APC’s campaign rallies in the South-east and South-south without slightest incidence of harassment or violence, the PDP has emphatically demonstrated its unflinching resolve for peaceful campaigns as well as ideological stricture to plurality of opinions and electoral choice even in areas considered its most impregnable fortes. We hence advise the APC to take a cue and urgently forestall plans by
miscreants acting in its name to disrupt PDP campaign rallies in some
parts of the North. APC must withdraw its violent prone membership from the red line,” the statement read.
Meanwhile, the Special Adviser on Inter-Party Affairs of President Jonathan, Ben Obi, has given details on how his office set up the meeting that brought about a non-violence pact that was signed by the presidential candidate of the APC and leaders of the political parties ahead of February polls.
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