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Ahead of today’s general elections in Sierra Leone, former President Goodluck Jonathan has urged the peopl to conduct peaceful and credible polls.
The former President who is leader of the Electoral Institute for Sustainable Democracy in Africa (EISA) Observer Mission gave the advice while meeting with different stakeholders in Freetown. A statement by Jonathan’s media adviser Ikechukwu Eze said he had met with Sierra Leonean President Ernest Bai Koroma, chairman of the National Electoral Commission (NEC) Mohammed Conteh, chairman of the Political Party Registration Council (PPRC) Justice Patrick Hamilton, some Presidential candidates as well as leaders of the international community, youth associations, media unions, security outfits and civil society organisations.
While advising the stakeholders to ensure non-violent processes during elections, Jonathan also stressed “the need to sustain the peace that the good people of Sierra Leone have been enjoying since the end of the civil war.”
