Barely 48 Hours to Election, US President Joe Biden Sends Powerful Message to Nigerians, Candidates

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 America's president, Joe Biden, has commended presidential candidates contesting the 2023 general election for signing the peace accord

The US president is of the opinion that Nigerians also deserve the opportunity to choose their future in the forthcoming elections

According to Biden, the US government does not endorse any candidate but is in full support of a peaceful, free, fair and credible poll

With preparations for the 2023 general elections hitting top gear, the president of the United States of America, Joe Biden, on Thursday, February 23, said that Nigerians deserve the opportunity to choose their future.


Biden in a statement released by the United States Embassy in Nigeria and seen by Legit.ng commended the peace accord signed by all the political parties and their candidates contesting for Nigeria's number seat.


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Joe Biden said that Nigerians have the right to choose their future. Photo credit: Anna Moneymaker Source: Getty Images

The US president said that by signing the pledge, the parties and candidates have committed to accept the results of the election which will be announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC

He also said that the action by the candidates and their parties is a show of support for a peaceful transition of power following the outcome of Saturday, February 25, elections across the country.


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Nigerians deserve to choose their future

Further stating that citizens of the country have every right to freely and fairly determine what they want for their future, Biden said that elections are a fundamental part of a functioning democracy.

Biden also noted that the United States of America stands with Nigerians as their move towards a more democratic future.


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Presidential candidates of the forthcoming polls have been urged to keep the peace no matter the outcome.


The President made the appeal at the signing of a peace pact by all candidates at the International Conference Centre in Abuja.


He stated that any candidate dissatisfied with the election's outcome should go to a court of law to seek redress.


2023 polls: “This election matters to the world,” US tells Nigerians

In another development, the United States of America has maintained that Nigeria's 2023 general election is vital to the World.


The U.S., on Wednesday, February 22, stressed the need for a peaceful election, noting it matters to the World.


In a video message to Nigerians by the United States Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, the United States said Nigeria’s constitution, like America’s, begins with a simple and profound idea, ‘We the People.’


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