{"id":64804,"date":"2019-02-14T15:47:10","date_gmt":"2019-02-14T14:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=64804"},"modified":"2019-02-14T15:47:10","modified_gmt":"2019-02-14T14:47:10","slug":"jonathan-to-nigerians-go-out-and-vote-that-is-how-to-avoid-rigging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/jonathan-to-nigerians-go-out-and-vote-that-is-how-to-avoid-rigging\/","title":{"rendered":"Jonathan To Nigerians: Go Out And Vote, That Is How To Avoid Rigging"},"content":{"rendered":"
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has urged Nigerians to come out and<\/div>\n
vote en masse during Saturday\u2019s presidential election.<\/div>\n
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Jonathan, who asked citizens to shun violence and hate, said high turn out<\/div>\n
of voters is the best antidote to rigging.<\/div>\n
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He appealed to them to peacefully elect the country\u2019s next president.<\/div>\n
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\u201cMy simple message to you is that if you love Nigeria, you must come out<\/div>\n
to vote,\u201d he wrote on Facebook.<\/div>\n
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\u201cThe best antidote to rigging of elections is a high voter turnout.<\/div>\n
Remember, none of us is greater than all of us.\u201d<\/div>\n
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He preached against voter apathy, adding that doing nothing is \u201cthe only<\/div>\n
thing necessary for the triumph of evil\u201d.<\/div>\n
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\u201cAs a wise man once said, \u2018The only thing necessary for the triumph of<\/div>\n
evil is for good men to do nothing\u201d, he said.<\/div>\n
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\u201cYou are all good Nigerians. I therefore urge you to come out and vote<\/div>\n
based on your conscience and conviction.\u201d<\/div>\n
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Jonathan, who was the first Nigerian president to be defeated in an<\/div>\n
election, said the quest for power is not worth the blood of any Nigerian.<\/div>\n
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\u201cNow it is your turn to prove that nobody\u2019s political ambition is worth<\/div>\n
the blood of any citizen,\u201d he said.<\/div>\n
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\u201cShun violence, shun hatred. Come out this Saturday and vote peacefully<\/div>\n
for the Nigeria of your choice. Remember, we are all brothers and sisters<\/div>\n
born from the womb of one mother Nigeria.\u201d<\/div>\n
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The presidential election is holding alongside that of the national<\/div>\n
assembly on Saturday, while governorship and house of assembly polls will<\/div>\n
hold on March 2.<\/div>\n
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There are 73 presidential candidates, with President Muhammadu Buhari of<\/div>\n
the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples<\/div>\n
Democratic Party (PDP), seen as the frontline candidates.<\/div>\n
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