2019: Atiku absent as presidential
candidates sign peace accord in Abuja
Atiku Abubakar
The presidential candidate of the
Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, was absent at the signing of a peace
pact for 2019 presidential candidates in Abuja.
It was not immediately clear why Mr
Abubakar, the major challenger to President Muhammadu Buhari, did not turn up
at the event.
Mr Abubakar was among those expected
at the event.
Spokespersons for Mr Abubakar and
the PDP separately told NEWS MAN they were not aware of the event, which
began at 3:00 p.m., and promised to make urgent findings and revert.
Mr Buhari arrived at the
International Conference Centre to join other candidates in signing the peace
agreement, which was drafted by the National Peace Committee.
Abdulsalam Abubakar, a former
Nigerian military ruler, is the convener of the committee and the event.
A similar pact was signed by
presidential candidates in 2015 and the committee was widely deemed crucial to
the peaceful outcome of that contentious election.
Details shortly…
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