The National Peace Committee under the leadership of Retired General Abdulsalami Abubakar has commneded Nigerians for turning out in mass to exercise their civic duty by voting in the February 25 elections.
A statement by Retired General Abdulsalami Abubakar says the committee took note of the patience, dignity and enthusiasm which Nigerians lined up to vote despite observable challenges in the polling units.
It says along with millions of other Nigerians and the International community, the National Peace Committee have followed developments since the commencement and end of the Presidential and the National Assembly elections of last Saturday.
The statement says despite glitches, the elections were peaceful across most part of the country, noting that the process of casting votes has been largely concluded, the challenge now lies with the collation of the results.
The statement says the committee understand that Nigerians are quite disturbed by these developments and appeals that Nigerians must be reminded that the world has invested a lot of good will towards it in these elections, the committee have taken note of the dissatisfaction among voters who braved all harsh weather elements to perform their civic duties.
It says all citizens deserve to be rewarded by a process that ensures that their votes truly count.
The National Peace Committee however appeal to INEC to heed the grievances being expressed, to take the necessary steps to escalate Investigations of all allegations of infractions and to ensure that Justice is clearly done to all citizens who went out to vote.
The committee also acknowledged that it received reports of the culture of voter suppression manifested across the country through the application of targeted violence, disruption of processes, inducement of voters, intimidation, deliberate frustrations of voters and the challenges of the election.
The National Peace Committee called on all Presidential candidates to take responsibility of statement made by their Spokespersons and Agents and appeal to all citizens to remain calm while INEC continues with its process to its conclusion.
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