2023: GPMI warns politicians against heating up polity
…announce partnership with Women in Monitoring & Auditing Global Elections
AHEAD of the 2023 general elections this weekend, the Global Peace Movement International UK, have warned politicians against heating up the polity through unsavoury actions.
The group gave the warning in a statement signed by the President General, Dr. Mike Uyi on Tuesday.
Uyi calls on leaders and their followers to play politics with decorum. While urging politicians not to see the forthcoming general elections “as a matter of do-or-die”.
The statement further ask the politicians and their followers not to conduct themselves in a manner that may cause violence in the state.
GPMI called on security agencies to arrest and prosecute any politician or individual found culpable of engaging in any act capable of breaching the peace of the election across the states.
“The era of political violence is long gone.. We don’t want anybody under the guise of political campaigns to create any form crisis.
“Politicians and their followers must be mindful of the acts and utterances they make, especially in the media and public places so as not to set the stage on fire.
“It is totally unnecessary for political parties to engage themselves in a campaign of violence. We urge aspirants, political leaders, followers and the general public to be civil and peaceful in their activities.
“GPMI is not known for violence and we shall not tolerate any politician or individual who wants to disrupt the elections before, during and after. We shall resist any attempt by anyone to destroy the peace of Nigerian”.
While thanking Nigerian armed forces for the display of professionalism in discharging their duties in democracy, he calls for their total support for democracy.
The statement also announced that Global Peace Movement International will be working with Women in Monitoring & Auditing Global Elections as a joint body in this election and other elections worldwide.