Plateau South Bye-election: 10 Political parties Signs Peace Accord.



Ahead of tomorrow's Plateau South Senatorial bye-election in Plateau State to fill the vacate seat occasioned by the death of late Senator Ignatius Dating Longjan, ten (10) political parties that filed candidates for the election signed a peace accord pact pledging their commitment towards a peaceful and violence free election. 


The peace accord which was organized by Voice Out Vanguard and CPSST in collaboration with Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC), Plateau state chapter held at Youth Center, Shendam Local Government Area. The event drawn Chairmen of the Labour Party, Action Alliance, Social Democratic Party, African Action Congress, People's Democratic Party, National Rescue Movement, Action Democratic Party and Young Progressives Party and some candidates for the bye-election. 


They task the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to be fair to all the political parties by conducting an election that be adjudge as the most free and fairest election in the country and to resist the termpation of favoring any party during the bye-election.


The Catholic Bishop of Shendam Diocese, Most Rev. Philip Davou Dung represented by the Secretary to Bishop, Rev. Fr. John Dakat admonished the candidates and the political parties to be sincerely committed to the peace accord terms by resolving to champion voilence free election during the bye-election and admonsh to their supporters to conduct themselves peaceful during the election and beyond. 


Bishop Dung urged them to also pray to God for a peaceful bye-election saying without seeking God's divine intervention to make the election peaceful "our efforts today in signing the peace accord today will be in veil but when we involve God , the election will be peaceful."


On his part, the Emir of Wase, HRH Alhaji Mohammed Sambo represented by Sarkin Hausawa Shendam, Alhaji Musa Umar Nuru commended the organizers of the peace accord for bringing together the political parties and the candidates for the Senatorial bye-bye to sign peace accord document pledging their readiness to participate peacefully in the bye-election in the state. 


He called on youths in the Senatorial District not to allow political party, party candidate or anybody to use them to snatch ballbox or do anything that will distrupt the process of the bye-election. 


The state Chairman of IPAC, Hon. Abubakar Dogara and Hajiya Binta Musa Kabir urged the political parties and the candidates to be truly committed to ensuring that the bye-election a peaceful model to be replicated in other subsequent elections in the country.

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