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As Ondo prepares for the governorship election scheduled for October 10, 2020, candidates have signed a peace pact as part of efforts to ensure that the poll remains credible and violence-free.

At a ceremony which was organised by the National Peace Committee (NPC) on Tuesday, 11 political parties committed to ensuring a free and fair election.

According to the details of the peace accord, candidates promised to ensure professionalism, impartiality and transparency.

They also pledged to provide a conducive environment for a smooth electoral process, while adhering to the guidelines issued by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

The candidates promised “to insulate state agencies, institutions and public officers from supporting partisan interests in any form, as well as the full application of national and international laws against subversion of the electoral process, incitement to violence or other offenses that may compromise the integrity of the ballot and the security of Nigerians and non-Nigerians before, during and after the elections.

“To ensure uninterrupted and uncompromised freedom of expression and information, both online and offline, throughout the electoral process;

“To admonish our party members and our teeming followers to refrain from insults, intimidations, incitement and violence, and to conduct themselves in
accordance with the rule of law after the announcement of the results.”

The document was signed by the Action Alliance (AA), African Democratic Party (ADP), All Progressives Congress (APC), All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Allied Peoples Movement (APM), Action Peoples Party (APP), National Rescue Movement (NRM), New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Young Progressives Party (YPP) and Zenith Labour Party (ZLP).

You can download the full document here.