Credible polls will guarantee national peace — LP chair

The Labour Party (LP) has said free and fair elections would guarantee a united and peaceful Nigeria after this year’s general polls.

The national chairman of the LP, Julius Abure, said this yesterday in Abuja when he hosted the British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Catriona Liang, who visited the national headquarters of the party.

He said tempers are already inflamed, especially among the Nigerian youths, who are only seeking the opportunity of a better Nigeria, and that the 2023 election offers them this opportunity to make the right decision by voting for the Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi.

Abure said the youth population, which recorded the highest in the last round of registration to update the voter register, is determined to ensure that a free and fair election that would reflect the will of the people forms the outcome of the election.

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 “We are very desirous of having a credible, people-oriented Nigerian president. We believe very strongly that if the process leading to the election is free, fair and credible, then, of course, there will obviously be peace in the country.

“We believe that if the process is compromised and not fair, of course, there won’t be peace,” Abure said.

The British High Commissioner, Catriona Liang, said the British government has requested a list of persons whom it suspects would use violence to undermine the 2023 electoral process, so the UK government would take appropriate action against them.

According to her, the government of the United Kingdom would be interested in the names of persons it suspected would cause trouble before, during and after the election, thereby undermining the country’s democracy.