Governor Dauda Lawal of Zamfara State and 19 other opposition candidates have signed a peace accord to ensure peace and order in the forthcoming 2027 General elections.
The accord was signed on Tuesday during an Election Security Summit organised by the Zamfara Police Command in Gusau.
The Peace Accord signing ceremony aimed to ensure peace and order for all political parties in the country as preparation for free and fair 2027 elections.
Governor Lawal along with all contestants in the governorship national and state assembly elections was invited to sign and promise not to violate or work against any election process before during and after the elections.
The governor as one of the contestants under the All Progressives Congress (APC) signed the accord and prayed for peace and free fair elections and all the political parties did the same.
The Commissioner of Police Mr Ahmad Bello said the initiative followed a directive from the Inspector-General of Police to ensure peaceful credible and violence-free elections.
‘We are public servants not public bosses but we will not tolerate lawlessness’ he said.
‘We cannot afford to add electoral violence to banditry. Every candidate must caution his supporters’ Bello said.
The agreement involved chairmen and candidates of all registered political parties contesting governorship National Assembly and State Assembly elections.
The Zamfara chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) called for a level playing field urging the police to remain neutral and professional.
Representatives of the Labour Party New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) National Democratic Congress (NDC) and African Democratic Congress (ADC) also pledged to sensitise supporters.