The New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) has called for a free, fair, credible, transparent, acceptable and violence-free governorship election in Ekiti State on Saturday 18th June 2022.
NNPP in a signed statement by it National Publicity Secretary Dr Agbo Major, urges stakeholders in the electoral process to respect the will and mandate of the good people of Ekiti State as they cast their votes in this Saturday’s gubernatorial poll.
The party called on the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC to provide a level playing field for all the political parties and their candidates participating in the election and ensure the poll meets international standards particularly with improved technology, bearing in mind that its performance is a strong signal to what Nigerians should expect in the 2023 general election. Accordingly, the party urges eligible voters to turn up en masse and vote for NNPP candidate, Fatomilola Oladosu and ensure that their votes are counted and count in the overall result.
NNPP warns against rigging, violence, ballot snatching, falsification of results, vote buying, cloning of permanent voter cards and declaration of fake results to cause confusion in the polity. The party further called on security agencies to be civil and professional in the discharge of their electoral duties, ensure prompt arrest of vote buyers and other electoral offenders and their sponsors and bring them to justice.
The NNPP also want the Ekiti people to defend their votes as power resides in the people. The ballot is sacrosanct and must be respected by all stakeholders. We cannot afford to roll back the progress made so far in advancing our democracy.
We must therefore allow the will of Ekiti State voters to prevail in an atmosphere free of chaos, rancour and anarchy. The party calls on all candidates to be patriotic, cast their votes peacefully and accept the results of the election as the mandate of the people. It stated that a new Nigeria is emerging speedily with New Nigeria People’s Party as it is time to build a strong, virile, progressive, equitable and just democratic nation.
