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The Alliance of Kogi State Youth and Students Council, a
pressure group, has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC),
on Tuesday, to conduct free, fair, and credible elections.

Speaking in Lokoja, the national president of the group, Sani
Ojochenemi Salisu, said that Nigerian youth would not accept anything short of
credible elections from the Attaihiru Jega-led electoral body.

“This time around, the nation needs free, fair, and credible
elections and we hope INEC will not disappoint us in this regard,” said Mr.
Salisu.

Mr. Salisu appealed to all people of voting age to come out and
register during the forthcoming voters’ registration exercise, stressing that
their voters card are their weapon in electing credible leaders of their choice
at all levels.

“The principle of ‘one man one vote’ should be strictly
followed. All the votes of the electorate must count and the electorate must be
allowed to elect their leaders through their vote cast, and not through
imposition of leaders by some so-called godfathers,” he further said.

Shun violence

Mr. Salisu, who is a former president of the National
Association of Kogi State Students (NAKOSS) and the immediate past deputy
senate president of Igala Students Association (ISA), also enjoined youth to
shun any form of violence and thuggery during and after the elections.

“As leaders of tomorrow, the youth, who have been stakeholders in the polity
of the nation, should not allow themselves to be used as thugs by desperate
politicians who are after their pockets and not the collective socio-economic
and physical development of the country,” he said.