September 29, (THEWILL) – Presidential candidates of political parties in the 2023 elections, have committed themselves to a peace accord at the 1st Signing of the ‘National Peace Accord by Presidential Candidates and Party Chairmen’.
The event, which was held at the International Conference Centre (ICC), Abuja, was organised by the 17-member National Peace Committee (NPC), headed by the former Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar and The Kukah Centre, the secretariat of the NPC.
The NPC intends to commit political parties and their spokespersons to conduct their campaign (both online and offline) in a peaceful manner, devoid of ethnic, religious and hateful rhetoric to incite violence and to promote a focus on issue-based campaigns.
It is also to commit the political parties, candidates and their spokespersons to accept the outcome of the election results, as long as it has been judged to be free, fair and credible.
Major contenders in the presidential race including Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP), and Rabiu Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), were all present.
But, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the Presidential Candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), was represented by his running mate, Kashim Shettima.
Reports had earlier said the APC candidate is currently in London, United Kingdom.
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