By Chris Nomjov
Frontline candidates in the forthcoming March 28 Presidential election, President Goodluck Jonathan of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and Genenral Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC), have signed another peace accord in Abuja, Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
In what has been called a peace meeting, the two candidates have met to sign another agreement and renew their peace ‘vows’, following the peace pact they both signed alongside other presidential candidates in January.
The meeting was brokered by the National Peace Committee for the 2015 General Elections, led by retired Gen. Abdusalami Abdusalami, and is aimed at extracting commitment from the leading candidates that the forthcoming elections will be violence-free.
Both top presidential candidates showed admirable maturity and even exchanges warm pleasantries, as they were accompanied to the meeting by the national chairmen of their parties.
It would be recalled that the presidential candidates of all the political parties in Nigeria had on January 14th signed an accord to prevent electoral violence before, during and after the February 14 elections. Former UN Secretary General, Kogi Annan was also present at the event, anchored by former Commonwealth General Secretary, Chief Emeka Anyaoku.
The previous peace meeting had in attendance President Goodluck Jonathan of the PDP, General Muhammadu Buhari of the APC and Professor Oluremi Sonaiya of the KOWA Party, as well Chief Chellaston Okorie on the UPP, amongst others.
