Traditional rulers council spits fire over violation of national peace accord, asks stakeholders to call followers to order
Paulinus Onah
The Chairman of Anambra State Traditional Rulers Council, Obi Nnaemeka Achebe (Agbogidi), has made public the resolutions of the Joint Body of South East Council of Traditional Rulers and body of Arch Bishops and Bishops on the coming election.
Obi Achebe said this while playing host to the Vice Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Senator Ahmed Datti at his palace.
According to the resolution, the body said; "Unfortunately the Peace Accord which was also signed by the Presidential candidates under the platform of the National Peace Committee headed by Gen. Abdusalami Abubakar (rtd) has been severally violated on several occasions and we remind the candidates and stakeholders to call their followers to order.
"We call on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to rise to its statutory mandate to conduct a flawless election with all the technology and human capacity at its disposal.
"The election If properly conducted will pave way for good governance in this country and this election must not fail.
"We urge the electorates to resist all efforts to compromise the process or allow themselves to intimidation through financial aid material gestures".
Earlier in his speech, Senator Datti told the traditional rulers that the extension of the deadline for the Naira swap was not in the interest of the majority of Nigerians.
He noted that the 2023 general elections would be a test case for Nigeria in the area of National unity adding that the entire world is waiting for Nigerians to get it right for once.
He contended that for Buhari to have shifted grounds twice means that there is a propensity to extend the deadline again.
"It is mixed feelings because when you see a President bulge once however small, those that might have prevailed on him to bulge will see a gleam of hope to press further.
"Maybe this President is becoming a weakling as they would say, a lame duck President and if you seed one inch, you are likely to seed another inch"
So it is a lot of concern for us for the President to change position nine days before the election.
"However, we have recognized the fact that currently, it is a sovereign matter and no state governor, especially those who don't respect court judgment has any right to interfere with the Federal Government on the current issues.
"It has been done and it stays and it was poorly implemented and everything about government is poorly done including our economy, security as well as the level of corruption and we have come to live with it.
"We pray that the election would go well so that as His Majesty said if the election is well done, it can open the space for good governance."
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