The Transition Monitoring Group(TMG) has alerted anti-graft agencies on possibilities of vote trading in Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly Election.
Mr Auwal Rafsanjani, the Chairman, TMG said this in statement on Friday in Abuja.
Rafsanjani commended Nigerians, especially the young people that have shown great enthusiasm for participation in the election.
“TMG calls on the political class and their supporters to desist from all forms of vote trading which reached condemnable heights during the previous state-level elections.
“Citizens are also urged to shun the act which is a crime punishable under the country’s laws.TMG applauds all the political parties and their presidential candidates that signed the national peace accord.
“With the recent signing, every candidate and their parties have now committed to an ethical code of conduct and to eschew all forms of violence.
“ Therefore, we urge all candidates and their political parties to promote the national peace accord and encourage their supporters to respect the provisions of the peace accord,” he said.
Rafsanjani said that hate speeches and inflammatory statements attributed to candidates and their supporters were a source of worry.
He expressed hope that political parties and their supporters would desist from all forms of actions capable of imperiling the progress of Nigeria and preserve its young democracy before, during and after the election.
He said that TMG was working with various civil society networks across the country to mobilise voters, educate the publicand monitor voting.
He said that TMG would also reach out to critical institutions and agencies on the frontline of planning and administering the election.
