"We must ensure that there is a peaceful election in 2019 and that we have one man, one vote, one woman, one vote, one youth, who is not under age, one vote and the vote must count.
We must work hard to ensure that
the votes count and the election must be peaceful. Campaigns must be carried out with respect...
"People see politics as do or die. We should not see it that way...It is not by force for you to go into a public office.
"People feel you just come into public office, take whatever you want to take, go about in convoys. That is not leadership. If you are elected by people, let them come near you so that you feel their pains...
"A leader must take decision concerning his people by consultations. You don’t just wake up and enact a law that is totally against my freedom.
"There is too much blood shedding in Nigeria, the blood of innocent people who does not even know what is happening or what is governance. This is happening across the country and if we don’t stop this and recognize the sacredness of human life, we cannot have peace and development in any place."
■ Sultan of Sokoto/President-General, Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, at a National Stakeholders Summit on 2019 Election Integrity.
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