The National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, Dr Victor Oye, has said Nigerians must be committed to ensuring peaceful elections.
The News Agency of Nigeria reported on Monday that Oye made the call in an interview in Awka.
Oye said election was a process in a democracy which affords the electorate the opportunity to freely choose a leader they want and not a time for morbid quest for power.
He decried the heightening desperation among the political class and their supporters across the country, adding that it was as if the country was going to war.
The APGA chairman, who said his party and its candidates for the various elective positions had been busy campaigning, urged the electorate to be discerning in making their choice.
He said, “I don’t know why people are overheating the polity; they should focus on their campaigns and not fanning the embers of hate among Nigerians.
“APGA is saying that everybody, politicians, the masses; the clergy should be united in support of a free, fair peaceful election as opposed to violence and bloodletting.
“Elections come every four years in our clime, therefore, Nigerians must have unfettered liberty to choose their leaders in order to keep our country united and unbroken after the elections.
“We should be ready to allow the wish of the majority of the masses to prevail and if you are not chosen, you wait for another time; it should not be a do-or-die affair.”
Oye said the APGA presidential candidate, John Gbor, remained the best choice for the country and called on all Nigerians to massively vote for him and all APGA candidates.
He reminded Nigerians that their votes were their power and urged them to use their votes wisely.
“People should endeavour to be at the location where they registered as voters so that they can vote on election days; they should also collect their PVCs.
“They should vote wisely. It will be foolish for anybody to sell his or her vote for any amount,” he said.