Thirteen political parties participating in the 20 June governorship election in Ekiti State on Thursday signed a peace accord, committing themselves to ensuring peace before, during and after the poll.
The parties that signed the accord, midwifed by the National Peace Committee (NPC), are the All Progressives Congress (APC), Accord Party, African Action Congress (AAC), Action Democratic Party (ADP), African Democratic Congress (ADC), and Action People’s Party (APP): Allied People’s Movement (APM) and Labour Party (LP).
Others are the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), the People’s Redemption Party (PRP), the Young Progressives Party (YPP), the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP), and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Speaking at the event, the Chairman of the NPC and former Head of State, Abdulsalami Abubakar, said signing the agreement is not merely ceremonial, but a collective commitment to peaceful, credible, free, and fair elections.
Represented by a former Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Martin Agwai, Mr Abubakar said the peace accord represents the resolve of all stakeholders to promote issue-based campaigns, political tolerance, respect for the rule of law, and the rejection of violence, hate speech, and all forms of electoral misconduct.
