 Ahead of the 2023 general elections in the country, ex-president Goodlock Jonathan has warned politicians and their parties to assume violence, saying that Nigeria must exist before having the next president. The former president, who stated these in Abuja at the 2022 peace conference organized by the Goodlock Jonathan Foundation, called on those seeking elected positions to protect Africa's most populous nation from being destroyed. According to him, those interested in becoming president, governors and legislators have roles to play in preserving the nation's democracy. You said the leadership at the level of the president, governor, senator, etc., etc. You have biggest take to protect the nation. If you know when nations are in crisis and taking over leadership from nations are in crisis, you know what I mean, you will not think about the economy and before you know everything will go down. We must discourage this issue of hate speech, this propaganda that is going on. Because before this time, we are also afraid of the gone as it threats democracy. But the biggest threat to democracy now that we have is the issue of propaganda, fake news and hate speech. And anybody that's an advocate of this, a vanguard of this, then you are a threat to democracy just like the gone. The 2023 election is said to take place amidst nationwide insecurity. The precarious economic situation across the country has made voting buying and selling easy, especially as we tend to run the government elections in equity and ocean states. Voted turnout is another area of concern. Most are to 4.75% of eligible Nigerians voted in 2019 and a similar low or lowered turnout in 2023 would further undermine the credibility of the poor. It is now time for us to work together as Nigerians to consolidate the gains of the democracy.