PORT HARCOURT (Sundiata Post) – The three major candidates contesting next month’s governorship election in Rivers State have signed an undertaken before the US Ambassador to Nigeria to ensure a violent-free election.
The governorship candidates who signed the peace pact are Dr Dakuku Peterside of the All Progressives Congress, Chief Nyesom Wike of the Peoples Democratic Party and Tonye Princewill of the Labour Party.
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The US Ambassador James Entwistle said during the brief signing ceremony in Port Harcourt that the peace agreement is part of the US government’s commitment to a peaceful post election era in Nigeria.
The 3 Governorship candidates in their separate speeches also pledged commitment towards implementing the peace deal.
State Resident Electoral Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Gesila Khan, who witnessed the event, said that the undertaken would go a long way in ensuring a hitch free polls next month.
Our correspondent reports that this is the first time since the creation of Rivers State that the major contenders in a governorship election will be made to sign a peace deal before the election proper.
