A former Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar (retd), has called on Nigerians to maintain peace during and after the elections.
This is just as the state Resident Electoral Commissioner, Prof. Samuel Egwu, disclosed on Saturday that about 4, 600 internally displaced persons voted.
He spoke after voting at the hill top polling unit as he also called on the contestants to be aware that only one of them would emerge winner. Abubakar urged whoever lost the election to concede defeat for peace.
Abubakar, who said without peace there would be no election, said “I want to appeal to all contestants to know that only one of them will emerge the winner, and whoever emerges winner I hope the losers will accept”
He equally appealed to the electorate and party representatives to maintain order while the votes were sorted. Read more