ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- The eligible candidates of registered political parties in Abia State jostling for the governorship seat in the forthcoming guber poll on 18 March, 2023, have signed a peace accord.
They also pledge to ensure violent-free elections in the state.
The state Commissioner of Police, Bala Mohammed, vowed not to compromise the existing peace and security of Abia State during and after 18 March gubernatorial and state houses of assembly elections.
Mohammed during the formal signing of the peace accord by the candidates and chairmen of various political parties in Umuahia on Friday, called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and other stakeholders concerned with the conduct of the election to provide a level playing ground for all the candidates participating in the polls.
On behalf of the electoral commission at the event, Mr Clement Oha, the administrative secretary of INEC in the State, reassured the Commission was making adequate arrangements for a hitch-free election.
The event was attended by all the qualified gubernatorial candidates of political parties, among whom were the ADC flagbearer, Bishop Sunday Ndukwo Onuoha; Mr Ikechi Emenike of the All Progressives Congress(APC).
Others are Alex Otti of the Labour Party(LP); Okey Ahiwe of the Peoples Democratic (PDP); and that of the Action Peoples Party (APP), Mascots Uzor-Kalu.