President Buhari today joined other presidential candidates to sign the
Peace Accord at the National Peace Committee for the 2019 General
Elections. a conference of all political parties, at the International
Conference Centre (ICC) Abuja. The Peace Accord is an undertaking by all
the presidential candidates to ensure peaceful and rancor free
campaigns before, during and after the 2019 general elections.PDP
Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, 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 Action Alliance, were conspicously absent at the ceremony.Some of
the commitments signed to by the candidates include:To run issue-based
campaigns at national, state and local government levels. In, this, we
pledge to refrain from campaigns that will involve religious
incitements, ethnic or tribal profiling, both by ourselves and by all
agents in our names.To refrain from making or causing to make in our
names and that of our party, any public statements, pronouncements,
declarations or speeches that have the capacity to incite any form of
violence, before, during and after the elections;To commit ourselves and
political parties to the monitoring of the adherence to this Accord by a
National Peace Committee made up of respected statesmen and women,
traditional and religious leadersTo support all institutions of
government including INEC and the security agencies to act and be seen
to act with impartially.To forcefully and publicly speak out against
provocative utterances a d oppose all acts of electoral violence whether
perpetuated by our supporters and/or opponents.See more photos from the
ceremony below
