NewsEkiti Polls: Play By The Rules - Kukah Urges Political Parties

Ekiti Polls: Play By The Rules – Kukah Urges Political Parties

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June 15, (THEWILL) – The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, Bishop Matthew Kukah, has urged political parties and their supporters to play by the rules in Saturday’s Ekiti gubernatorial elections.

Kukah spoke on Wednesday, when he featured on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily, monitored by THEWILL.

The cleric, who recalled that the National Peace Committee was created in 2015, to douse fear among Nigerians in the build-up to the general elections, said the committee is committed to the peaceful conduct of Ekiti governorship election.

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“I am here on behalf of the Peace Committee, largely to support INEC and encourage the key actors. Only the living can benefit from the processes of democracy.

“(We want to) ensure that people play the game according to the rules. We are here to extend the good voices of Nigerians and to let the people of Ekiti know that Nigerians are solidly behind them”, he said.

Kukah commended the Ekiti people and the political stakeholders for conducting themselves in a peaceful manner so far. He, however, warned that political actors would be held responsible, should any violence break out during the course of the election.

This is even as he expressed confidence in the ability of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct a free and fair election.

“The actors themselves will have to live with the consequences of the violence they trigger if it is established that particular actors were responsible for a particular outcome.

“We have been on this for a very long time. What do you do? How do you penalise actors who seem to be involved in instigating violence during elections?” he added.

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