2019: Buhari, Others Sign Peace Accord, Tagged “Abuja Accord 2018”

 The event was convened by the National Peace Committee under the chairmanship of the former Head of State, Abdulsalami Abubakar President Muhammadu Buhari and other candidates signed the peace pact, tagged “Abuja Accord 2018.”

   Buhari signed the pact alongside the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole at 4.27pm. The national chairman of the PDP, Uche Secondus was also absent. Other presidential candidates absent at the event are Donald Duke of Social Democratic Party (SDP), Kingsley Moghalu of Young Progressives Party (YPP), Oby Ezekwesili of Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN), and Omoyele Sowore of African Action Congress (AAC).

   In the build-up to the 2015 election, the committee facilitated the signing of the peace accord between former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, Buhari and 12 other candidates for the presidential election. Prominent personalities at the event were United Nations Secretary-General Special Representative in West Africa and the Sahel, Mohammed Ibn Chambas; Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakub.

   Others are Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar; Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi; former Chief Justice of the Federation, Mohammed Lawal Uwais; Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Matthew Hassan  Kukah; Head of the Delegation of the European Union to Nigeria, Ketil Karlsen; and chairman Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote.