Nigeria,Listen to the Advice of Elders!
KOFFI ANNAN
“If Nigeria fails, the West Africa region which Nigeria holds half of its
population, has failed, and Africa would have failed also because the nation
holds the largest economic pool of the continent and more than half of the
economic volume of West Africa, therefore, I call on Nigeria to make Africa
proud because of its prime position and I am sure Nigeria can.
inflammatory statements by candidates and parties
in their campaigns and should rather focus on developmental issues. Some
years ago, Kenya had its elections that ended in violence, and that took the
nation backwards by some many generations, and they have not recovered.
I would urge Nigeria to learn from Kenya and conduct violent-free
elections. I call on you Nigeria not to disappoint Africa by your elections
next month. I am sure you can do that if you want. So, Africa and the world
are looking up to you. Don’t disappoint Africa because Nigeria has the
future of the continent on its hands,”
EMEKA ANYAOKU
"Unfortunately, violence is already here. We have heard of incidents of violence already and if nothing is
done, there would be more before the elections and after. So, the reason
for this workshop is to arrest the situation before it becomes too late to
control. Unfortunately, Nigeria has a history of elections and post-elections
violence, and the signs are already there that the same would be repeated
if nothing is done about it.
That is why we are here to task the participants to tackle the issues and
also call on their supporters to adhere to the rules and make sure the
elections don’t end in violence. Your major task as politicians should be the
pursuit of peaceful elections. So let us caution our supporters to avoid
derogatory statements against opponents, not to incite violence and to
ensure there is peace in the nation during and after the elections.”

Lets all say no to election violence! The two presidential candidates must be reminded that post election violence will earn them prosecution at the International Court of Justice! The whole world is watching and waiting!
May we not fail at this critical period!

How I wish this really get sunk to every Nigerian head...