Former President Goodluck
Jonathan has urged Nigerians to come out and vote en masse during Saturday’s
presidential election.
Jonathan, who asked citizens to
shun violence and hate, said high turn out of voters is the best antidote to
rigging.
He appealed to them to peacefully
elect the country’s next president.
“My simple message to you is that
if you love Nigeria, you must come out to vote,” he wrote on Facebook.
“The best antidote to rigging of
elections is a high voter turnout. Remember, none of us is greater than all of
us.”
He preached against voter apathy,
adding that doing nothing is “the only thing necessary for the triumph of
evil”.
“As a wise man once said, ‘The
only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing”, he
said.
“You are all good Nigerians. I
therefore urge you to come out and vote based on your conscience and
conviction.”
Jonathan, who was the first
Nigerian president to be defeated in an election, said the quest for power is
not worth the blood of any Nigerian.
“Now it is your turn to prove
that nobody’s political ambition is worth the blood of any citizen,” he said.
“Shun violence, shun hatred. Come
out this Saturday and vote peacefully for the Nigeria of your choice. Remember,
we are all brothers and sisters born from the womb of one mother Nigeria.”
The presidential election is
holding alongside that of the national assembly on Saturday, while governorship
and house of assembly polls will hold on March 2.
There are 73 presidential
candidates, with President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress
(APC) and Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), seen as the
frontline candidates.
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