Categories: Politics

2023 poll: Atiku, Obi, Kwankwaso sign peace accord, Tinubu absent

The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, was on Thursday absent at the signing of the peace accord for the 2023 elections.

Peter Obi, candidate of the Labour Party, (LP); Atiku Abubakar, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP); Rabiu Kwankwaso, flagbearer of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP); and Omoyele Sowore, standard bearer of the African Action Congress (AAC), among others, were present at the event.

The APC vice-presidential candidate,Kashim Shettima, was at the event to represent Tinubu.

The event, which was organised by the National Peace Committee, took place at the International Conference Centre, Abuja, on Thursday.

Abdulsalami Abubakar, chairman of NPC, said the accord was to promote peaceful electioneering.

 

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