Not less than candidates in the Saturday, February 25 presidential election have signed a pact towards a peaceful election.
The pact was signed on Wednesday, February 22 in the presence of top Nigerian political personalities including President Muhammadu Buhari.
Presidential candidates present at the event include Bola Tinubu (APC); Atiku Abubakar (PDP), Rabiu Kwankwaso (NNPP), and Dan Nwanyanwu. The Labour Party (LP) was represented by its vice-presidential candidate, Datti Baba-Ahmed.
This is the second time that presidential candidates for the 2023 polls will be signing the Peace Accord as it was first signed in September 2022, prior to the commencement of Campaigns.
The accord was signed to oblige the candidates to a peaceful Campaign. The second is to enlist the candidate’s commitment for a peaceful conduct of the 2023 presidential election.
Members of the peace committee present include General Abdulsalami Abubakar, Bishop Matthew Kukah, and Dr. John Momoh, CON. Others were the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Usman Alkali Baba, and former president of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, who leads the Commonwealth Election Observer Group to Nigeria.
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