Former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has responded to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s election as the Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential candidate for 2023. (PDP).
Jonathan thanked Atiku and other victors of the different primaries recently held around the nation, including Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s presidential candidate, and Rabiu Kwankwaso, the New Nigerian Peoples Party’s presidential candidate.
Jonathan advised all presidential flagbearers of all political parties to emphasize peace and stability as they run their campaigns ahead of the 2023 general elections in a series of tweets on his Twitter handle on Thursday evening.
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He tweeted: “I congratulate the winners of the various primaries across the political spectrum, particularly Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP).
“They include Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Malik Ado-Ibrahim, Young Progressives Party (YPP), Chief Dan Nwanyanwu, Zenith Labour Party (ZLP), Dumebi Kachikwu, African Democratic Congress (ADC), as well as Adewole Adebayo of the Social Democratic Party (SDP).
“Your emergence as the flagbearers of your parties after submitting yourselves to a rigorous selection and election processes demonstrates your belief and interest in the progress of our nation.
“I urge you to conduct your campaigns in a manner devoid of acrimony, divisiveness and treachery so that at the end of the day, Nigeria will win, democracy will triumph and humanity will be better for it.
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“As I have always said, no ambition is worth the life of another. As candidates, you must eschew violence and acts that will encourage any form of bloodletting or exacerbate the national fault lines.
“I urge all leaders, especially politicians, to prioritize the peace and stability of our nation as we commence the activities of 2023 elections.”
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