Nigeria Elections: Presidential Candidates Sign 'Peace Deal'

Nigeria Elections: Presidential Candidates Sign 'Peace Deal'

The presidential candidates in Nigeria's election have signed AN electoral "peace deal" to make sure violence-free polls on Saturday.

In capital Nigerian capital, President Muhammadu Buhari and also the main opposition candidate Atiku Abubakar on Wednesday pledged peaceful presidential and legislative elections.

The signatories called on their supporters "to refrain from violence or any acts that will in any method peril our collective vision of a free, honest and credible election".

"We'll vote in line with parties however in the end, the sole real party is Federal Republic of Nigeria, our country," Buhari aforementioned. The candidates additionally pledged to "respect the end result of free, truthful and credible elections".

"Hopefully, our democracy should emerge stronger from this process with the 2019 elections proving higher managed than 2015, which was also adjudged free and truthful with the then opposition's victory unobstructed," Abubakar said.

"Despite concerns expressed by my party leaders on electoral malpractices and intimidation of voters and observers, I trust that our election officers and security services will do their duty in accordance with their oath and obligations," he added.

The peace deal was brokered by Chairman of the National Peace Committee Abdulsalami Abubakar, also a former military ruler.