Candidates of registered political parties contesting the Abia State governorship seat in the forthcoming March 18 gubernatorial election have signed a Peace Accord.
The candidates at the ceremony in Umuahia pledged to ensure violent-free elections in the state.
Speaking on the occasion, Abia State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Bala Mohammed, vowed not to compromise the existing peace and security of the state during and after the March 18 gubernatorial and state Houses of Assembly elections.
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The police commissioner urged on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and other stakeholders concerned with the conduct of the election to provide a level-playing ground for all the candidates participating in the polls.
In a remark, the Administrative Secretary of INEC, in Abia State, Mr. Clement Oha, reassured the electoral umpire was making adequate arrangements for a hitch-free election.
The signing of the Peace Accord was attended by all the qualified gubernatorial candidates of political parties, among whom were Alex Otti of the Labour Party (LP); Okey Ahiwe of the People’s Democratic (PDP); ADC flagbearer, Bishop Sunday Ndukwo Onuoha; Mr. Ikechi Emenike of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and that of the Action Peoples Party (APP), Mascots Uzor-Kalu.
