30th, September 2022
National chairmen of 18 political parties and their presidential candidates, have signed a peace accord, committing themselves to peaceful campaigns ahead of the 2023 elections.
The event, which was an initiative of the National Peace Committee, was held in Abuja.
According to reports, presidential candidates present at the event included Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party; his Labour Party and Social Democratic Party counterparts, Peter Obi and Adewole Adebayo; Hamza Al-Mustapha of the Action Alliance; and Justice Peter Umeadi of the All Progressive Grand Alliance.
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, was, however absent at the event but his running mate, Kashim Shettima; and the party’s national chairman, Adamu Abdullahi, however, signed the agreement.
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