Former President Goodluck Jonathan has urged Nigerians not to vote for “killers” in the 2023 general election.
He said those who would pick up cutlasses and guns to kill people because of election were enemies of society who should not be voted into power.
The former president said this during a special interdenominational service to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the creation of Akwa Ibom State held in the capital, Uyo, on Sunday.
“In 2023, you must not make the mistake to vote killers.
“Those who will carry knives, guns, and all kinds of gadgets to go and kill people because of politics, are the enemies of society.
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“If you kill to become a leader, you will continue to kill to remain a leader and the people will continue to suffer,” Jonathan said.
He urged the people of the state to vote the right people into office in the forthcoming election.
“Make sure that from the House of Assembly to the House of Representatives to Senate to governor, you vote the right people in Akwa Ibom State,” he added.
The former president commended the state governor, Udom Emmanuel, for showing exemplary leadership qualities and proving naysayers wrong.
“The election of Governor Udom should teach us, politicians, a good lesson. When Governor Udom was to come as a governor, people said this man has never been into politics.
“Though we know he is a finance person who has been in the bank, he may not know how to manage human beings. But Udom came on board and changed the story,” Jonathan said.