Abdulai Bangura, the chairman of Sierra Leone’s Political Parties Regulations Commission (PPRC), has urged politicians in the country to conduct themselves peacefully, taking a cue from Nigeria’s Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi.
This comes on the heels of the country’s ongoing elections.
Bangura made the announcement during a press conference held on Sunday in Freetown by the Electoral Commission of Sierra Leone (ECSL), the Office of National Security (ONS), and the PPRC.
The commission, the PPRC, and the ONS addressed the various concerns raised by stakeholders during the Saturday elections across the West African country, as voters await the results.
Vote recounting is currently underway in the West African country’s various regions.
I have always referred to Peter Obi when he lost the election. We all know the promise he had when the elections were being conducted. Almost everybody who is anything in Nigeria (threw their) support.
But when the result came out otherwise, he (Obi) did not call his supporters to the street to wreak havoc, he took the legal path and was able to save his country (Nigeria) from chaos.
So, we will encourage all of our politicians to learn from that example of leadership, the PPRC chairmen was quoted as saying.