2015: WE WILL CONDUCT ELECTIONS WITHOUT SECURITY-JONATHAN

President Goodluck Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan has said the 2015 general elections will be conducted without the use of Police and other armed security operatives.

Speaking at the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP campaign rally for the February 25 governorship elections in Cross River State at the U. J. Esuene Stadium, Calabar, President Jonathan said the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, is succeeding and such can become part of its success story.

“At the national level, starting from my general election in April last year, we have been advocating one man, one vote, one woman, one vote, one youth, one vote and we are succeeding. INEC is succeeding.

“The next step of our campaign is that we want to make sure we conduct elections in Nigeria without police. We want to conduct elections without security people carrying guns. We want a situation where Nigerians would go queue up and vote, the votes are counted and nobody is cheated, so that at the end of the elections there would be no all kinds of litigations with all kinds of stories.

“That is our next campaign and God willing before 2015, we would conduct election without security carrying guns to follow us. We are disciplined people; we know we have disciplined people. We know Nigerians are disciplined people. If all of us agree to do it we would do it.

“Cross River is one of such states we can use as a model. We can conduct election in this peaceful state without police,” he said.

He said that the PDP governorship candidate in the state, Senator Liyel Imoke has performed excellently to earn him second term adding that even outside Nigeria, Cross River state has remained a reference points especially in the areas of cleanliness and tourism.

Jonathan said, “I want to reemphasize the good works of Senator Imoke. Let me start with a statement made by president Obasanjo (Olusegun Obasanjo) when he said that he sometimes envies the unity we have shown in Cross River State PDP family.

“You know in every state, so long as we are human beings, we would have cause to disagree, but whether we disagree what makes us unique is our ability to resolve our differences. When I came in here and saw Governor Duke and his wife and others it makes me very happy. That shows that Cross River State is one.