Former President Goodluck Jonathan has implored Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to avoid violence ahead of the 2023 elections.
Jonathan, in a statement issued by his Media Aide, Ikechukwu Eze, on Thursday in Abuja, also congratulated presidential flagbearers of other political parties that emerged from the just concluded primaries elections of various parties.
These according to Jonathan include Sen. Rabiu Kwankwaso of New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) and Malik Ado-Ibrahim of Young Progressives Party (YPP).
Others are Chief Dan Nwanyanwu of Zenith Labour Party (ZLP), Dumebi Kachikwu of African Democratic Congress (ADC) as well as Adewole Adebayo of the Social Democratic Party (SDP).
He implored the candidates to run a campaign devoid of rancor and divisiveness by ensuring that issues confronting Nigeria and credible solutions take the centre stage in their…
