• Presidential candidates
The Daily Crucible | Thursday, September 29, 2022
The presidential candidates of political parties on Thursday arrived International Conference Centre (ICC) for the 1st signing of the National Peace Accord ahead of the 2023 general elections.
18 registered political parties have been listed by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as partaking in the 2023 general elections.
Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, Peter Obi of the Labour Party, Rabiu Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria Peoples Party among others have arrived the venue.
However, the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, was absent but Tinubu’s running mate, Kashim Shettima, was present at the signing.
The peace accord is organised by the National Peace Committee headed by former Head of State General Abdulsalami Abubakar and Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah.
The initiative was conceived in 2014 in response to emerging threats occasioned by the 2015 general elections.
Candidates at the ceremony about to kick off include vice presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress(APC) Senator Kashim Shettima; presidential candidates of Action Alliance(AA) Omoleye Sowore and his New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPPC) counterpart Omoleye and Senator Rabiu Kwanwaso.
The national chairman of the APC, Senator Abdullah Adamu, is also on seat for the occassion.
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