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Credible elections not guaranteed unless Buhari signs Electoral Bill - Atiku

- PDP presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to sign the Electoral Bill

- Atiku said the 2019 general election will not be considered credible unless President Buhari signs the bill

Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has warned that the 2019 general election will not be considered credible unless President Muhammadu Buhari signs the Electoral bill.

Atiku, made the statement on Wednesday, December 12, at the Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah Centre, Abuja, where he signed the peace accord to commit himself to peaceful elections in 2019.

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He said: “I am delighted that Mr President has agreed to sign this peace accord. I will want to appeal to him to also sign the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill. Mr. President needs to understand that as long as he refuses to sign the bill, we will have doubts that this government is truly committed to free, fair and credible elections.

“I am a democrat ab initio. I was never converted. I have always been a democrat. And I fought the military to return this country to democracy. However, the best way to guarantee peace in any election is to ensure manifest justice to all concerned.”

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Meanwhile, Legit.ng earlier reported that the All Progressives Congress (APC) asked Nigerians to be wary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Atiku Abubakar, its presidential candidate, in the weeks leading up to the 2019 elections.

Legit.ng reports that in a statement signed by its national publicity secretary, Lanre Issa-Onilu, APC accused Atiku of not wanting to sign the national peace accord ahead of the 2019 elections.

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