BREAKING: Abdulsalami cautions politicians over election violence

By Anjorin Usman,

A former Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar (retd), on Thursday called on key political actors in Nigeria, particularly those seeking elective positions to do everything possible to ensure peace in the forthcoming general elections because “Nigeria is not a stranger to electoral violence.”

He threw the challenge at the one-day peace conference organised by the Goodluck Jonathan Foundation in Abuja, with the theme: “Peaceful elections and national development.”

Abdulsalami’s caution was also echoed by former President Goodluck Jonathan and other dignitaries.

The event attracted continental figures including former President of Liberia, Prof. Amos Sawyer; Special Representatives of the United Nations Secretary-General for West Africa and the Sahel, Mohammed Ibn Chambas among others.