FORMER Deputy National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode George, has urged Nigerians to go out peacefully on Saturday to perform their civic duties, saying they should not allow themselves to be hindered by any threat of violence or the alleged shoot on sight instruction emanating from any quarter.
George, who is also the Atona of Yorubaland, made the call in a signed release made available to newsmen in Lagos, in reaction to shoot at sight order issued by President Muhammadu Buhari to the military and police concerning ballot snatchers.
According to the PDP chieftain, who said the Nigerian nation is now at the threshold of history, the rescheduled elections coming up this Saturday will be a watershed which will define the crucial contents of the continuity of the Nigerian Union was now at the threshold of history and, therefore, could not afford to fail.
“The Nigerian nation is now at the threshold of history. The rescheduled election coming up this Saturday will be a watershed which will define the crucial contents of the continuity of the Nigerian Union. We cannot afford to fail,” he said.
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The PDP chieftain, while contending that the country is under a democracy where the rule of law does not only prevail but must be seen to be the abiding guidance of all our activities, reminded that the Nuremberg Trials of 1945 to 1946 were instructive about what constituted the moral and the immoral military order.
“I urge our people to go out peacefully on Saturday to perform their civic duties. They should not be hindered by any threat of violence or the alleged shoot at sight instruction emanating from any quarter.
“We live in a democracy. The rule of law does not only prevail but must be seen to be the abiding guidance of all our activities.
“The Nuremberg Trials of 1945 to 1946 are instructive about what constitutes the moral and the immoral military order.
“There is no hiding place upon the face of the earth for anyone who commits a crime against humanity,” George said.
Speaking further, Chief George maintained that the role of the military was to protect and preserve the integrity of our fragile institutions, urging the citizens to “have faith in the ability of our Armed Forces to strengthen our values and to protect lives and properties.”
“They must never be seen as constituting a danger to our collective liberty. The will of the people must always prevail,” he said.
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