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Full text of the National Broadcast by President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday 22nd February, 2019. Dear Nigerians, Finally, we have reached the eve of the rescheduled first round of this year’s general elections. 2. Tomorrow, the polls open. Tomorrow, we affirm that Nigeria stands as a democracy and that no worldly hand can deter us from this wise and fitting path we have chosen for ourselves. 3. While democracy is the most beneficial way to select a nation’s leaders, it is far from the easiest thing to achieve and maintain. 4. It requires a combination of patience, tolerance, compassion, diligence, wisdom and hope. These traits exist in us the Nigerian people. Because of who we are, democracy has the chance to flourish in this land. 5. Thus, I commend all of you for your patience and peaceful conduct so far during this electoral season and especially during this intervening week following the postponement of the February 16 elections. 6. Many were worried

The Pioneer Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SDP)in Osun state, Chief Ademola Ishola this afternoon reinstated the call of the SDP stakeholders to vote for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. Ishola in a statement in Osogbo on Thursday, February 21, 2019 disclosed, that, "the foundation members of the party from the 30 local governments have resolved to severe all ties with Otunba Iyiola Omisore and his coalition agenda with the APC." According to him, "Majority of the SDP members, particularly the old supporters have no pact with the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state and were not involved in any coalition agreement with the ruling party." He stated that the party was faced with a situation where some people who were never part of the vision of SDP and those who lacked ideals of what the party stood for,hijacked the party and wanted to destroy it like they did to their former party

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has appealed to Nigerians to come out and vote in Saturday's rescheduled election. He pointed out that the election is about the future of Nigeria.  Making the appeal in a live broadcast on his social media pages, Abubakar said “my message to you is simple, please come out and vote as this election is about your future and the future of our great nation”. He noted that everyone is equal and no one is more important than the other, thereby encouraging everyone to vote. “As you know this Saturday we have the Presidential and National Assembly elections. The reason we have elections is to allow us to have our voices heard on how we have been governed for the last four and who will govern us for the next four years. “On March 28, 2015, we the people of Nigeria went to the polling unit only with our PVCs, yet we were able to remove an incumbent President from office, that made me be a very proud Nigerian an