why he was absent at the Peace Accord Signing earlier today in Abuja.
President Muhammadu Buhari alongside a few other presidential candidates signed a peace
accord for the 2019 general elections.
The National Peace Committee, which organised the event, had said that an invitation was sent
to all 73 presidential candidates contesting the 2019 elections.
Spokesman for Atiku, Paul Ibe, told PoliticsNGR that his principal was not invited.
Donald Duke of Social Democratic Party (SDP), Kingsley Moghalu of Young Progressives Party
Action Alliance, were among the presidential candidates absent.
The Peace Accord requires the Presidential Candidates to do as follows;
To run issue-based campaigns at national, state and local government levels. In, this, we pledge
to refrain from campaigns that will involve religious incitements, ethnic or tribal profiling, both
by ourselves and by all agents in our names.
To refrain from making or causing to make in our names and that of our party, any public
statements, pronouncements, declarations or speeches that have the capacity to incite any
form of violence, before, during and after the elections.
To commit ourselves and political parties to the monitoring of the adherence to this Accord by a
National Peace Committee made up of respected statesmen and women, traditional and
religious leaders.
To support all institutions of government including INEC and the security agencies to act and be
seen to act with impartially.
To forcefully and publicly speak out against provocative utterances a d oppose all acts of
electoral violence whether perpetuated by our supporters and/or opponents.
GUYS, WHAT DO YOU THINK?
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FACEBOOK COMMENTS
Endy Edeson
Buhari was president, Abdusalam Abubakar was president , 73 other presidential aspirants were present . The accord is like an oath taken for them not to involve in violence during the election
Isiaq Zakariyah
Endy Edeson Has now become a partisan politician. What is special in those absentees? It tells what and who they are. If Buhari were to be absent, we know what many would have said
Wisdom Wisdom
After signing APC will still ring, people took political power in Nigeria not by vote but through ringing of elections
