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Eromo Egbejule

Presidential candidates sign peace pact before Nigeria election

From left to right, All Progressives Congress party chairman Abdullahi Adamu, APC vice presidential candidate Kashim Shettima, African Action Congress presidential candidate Omoyele Sowore and People’s Democratic Party presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar during the signing of the first national peace accord for the 2023 electoral season in Abuja Nigeria, on Thursday, September 29, 2022 [Gbemiga Olamikan/AP Photo]

Abuja, Nigeria – The 18 presidential candidates of Nigeria’s general election have signed a second peace accord in the capital, Abuja, in a bid to prevent unrest surrounding the February 25 polls.

The pact is to ensure “the conduct of free, fair, credible, transparent and verifiable elections cognisant of the need to maintain a peaceful environment before, during and after the 2023 general elections” and “to place national interest above personal and partisan concerns”.

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