Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, has urged Nigerians not to vote for politicians who violate electoral peace agreements in the forthcoming 2027 general elections.

Obi made the call on Tuesday in Abuja during the National Peace Accord signing ceremony organised by the National Peace Committee in partnership with The Kukah Centre.

He said politicians who break their promises to maintain peace should face consequences at the polls.

“The punishment is that Nigerians should not vote for them,” Obi said.

The former Anambra State governor also urged political parties and candidates to run peaceful, issue-based campaigns focused on matters affecting Nigerians.

“We have a peaceful, issue-based campaign. We must, for the sake of this country, ensure that our conduct reflects the office we’re seeking. We must do the right thing and campaign on issues that Nigerians are going through today,” he said.

Obi said no Nigerian should lose their life because of an election and urged politicians to behave responsibly without waiting to be forced to sign peace agreements.

He also called for the families of people who died during the recent Osun State governorship election to be visited and supported.

“Let us not forget those who died in ensuring that the election in Osun was achieved, the way it went. We should visit them, console their families, remain prayerful and conduct ourselves in a way that in our democracy, nobody needs to die for an election,” he said.

On the electoral process, Obi said he still believed in it because he wanted to change it.

“Because I want to change the process, I have to go through it, so I have to believe in it,” he said.

He said his main concern ahead of 2027 was for Nigerians to freely choose their leaders and have their votes counted.

“I don’t have any fear, except to say that please, for the sake of the children of Nigeria, can we have an election where people’s vote will count?” he asked.

Obi also urged politicians to focus their campaigns on issues such as the economy, insecurity, unemployment and the rising cost of living.

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has disclosed that Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State would have been in the All Progressives Congress, APC, if things had worked well.

Wike explained that Adeleke has never been critical of the federation government.

Addressing a press conference in Abuja on Tuesday, the minister said: “Adeleke has never been too critical about the government, Adeleke would have been with them (APC) if things had worked out well.

“They believed that they won the Federal government, what happened in the FCT election? That one was rigged, if they had won, it would have been a template that they defeated the federal government but when they lost; the government manipulated the process.

“They should be able to know that this government from what I have seen in terms of allowing processes to run their own way, you must give them that credit.

“You don’t need to like anybody who is in charge or not.

“I was on vacation and I called Governor Adeleke on Saturday to ask him how the election was going. He said it was going well, and I reminded him that I told him not to worry.”

Afrobeats superstar, Davido, has alleged that the All Progressives Congress, APC, spent N110 billion on vote-buying in the recently concluded Osun State governorship election.

Speaking during an interview on News Central Television on Tuesday, the singer said the Accord Party did not spend a dime during the polls.

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