President Muhammadu Buhari has urged candidates contesting elections at all levels to respect the choice of voters and accept the result of the elections as announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
U.S.-based Nigerian historian and professor of Africana Studies, Apollos Nwauwa, has advised the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to guard against manipulation of election results.
the U.S.A, Australia, Japan, Norway, Canada and the UK in Nigeria have charged presidential candidates and political parties to uphold commitments signed at the Abuja Peace Accord, the second in the series.