THE Patriotic Forum of Presidential Candidates (PFPC) has appealed to the Federal Government, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), and the political parties to avoid any act capable of jeopardising national coexistence in the forthcoming general elections.
Secretary of the Forum, Onwubuya Breakforth, who spoke at a press conference in Abuja on Tuesday, said that the aim of the Forum is to engage government to do more on the current state of internal security for the welbeing of Nigerians and guarantee credible electoral process before, during and after 2019 general elections.
He added that the Forum which is made up of 40 presidential candidates has also taken it upon itself to interface with the law enforcement agencies, especially the Nigeria Police not to interfere with the electoral process or allow itself to be used by any group or person to influence election results in favour of any particular candidate.
Breakforth, said, “The overall objective of the Forum is to advocate and ensure the delivery of free, fair, credible and violence free election come 2019, as it is most important to have Nigeria united as indivisible entity after the polls.
“We therefore appeal to the government, INEC, political parties and stakeholders seeking political offices through the various political platforms in the forthcoming elections and the electorates to avoid any acts capable of jeopardising our national coexistence and the chance of having peaceful and credible election come 2019 general elections.”
Also, the Chairman of the forum and National Chairman of the Advanced Peoples Democratic Alliance (APDA) Alhaji Shittu Kabiru Mohammed urged the INEC to continue playing its constitutional role as an unbiased and neutral umpire throughout the 2019 general elections.