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2019: ‘Don’t set Nigeria ablaze,’ Buhari calls for peaceful campaigns

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2019: ‘Don’t set Nigeria ablaze,’ Buhari calls for peaceful campaigns

President Muhammadu Buhari has pleaded with politicians in the country to go about their 2019 election campaigns peacefully.

The President made the call when he kicked off his campaign for re-election at the State House Conference Centre, Abuja on Saturday, where he launched a “campaign manual/next level document.”

He said, “I am not unmindful of the fact that the National Assembly and the presidential campaign starts today, I will implore candidates to go about the campaigns peacefully and decently.

“We have no other country than Nigeria, let us not set it ablaze because of politics.”

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Presidential and National Assembly elections start on Sunday across Nigeria stipulated in the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) timetable for 2019 elections.

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