CDHR said its primary concern was the protection of lives and property across the state, urging candidates, party leaders and their supporters to reject violence and accept the outcome of the election as an expression of the people’s will.
The Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR) has warned political actors and their supporters in Osun State against turning Saturday’s governorship election into a bloody contest, stressing that “no political office is worth the blood of any citizen.”
The human rights organisation, in a statement issued on Friday by its National President, Debo Adeniran, called on all stakeholders to ensure that the election is peaceful, free, fair and credible.
CDHR said its primary concern was the protection of lives and property across the state, urging candidates, party leaders and their supporters to reject violence and accept the outcome of the election as an expression of the people’s will.
“Election is not war. It is a civic duty to choose leaders,” the group said. “Let us not spill blood for ballots.”
