2023: SDP Presidential Candidate, Prince Adebayo And Others Sign Second Peace Accord
The 2023 presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party, Prince Adewole Adebayo has signed the second peace accord ahead of Saturday’s poll.
Other presidential candidates also signed in a ceremony witnessed by President Muhammadu Buhari.
Former South African President, Thabo Mbeki; former Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and Malawi’s former President, Joyce Hilda Banda also witnessed the ceremony.
Others were Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland and European Union, Head of Delegations, Ms. Samuela Isopi.
To ensure the peaceful conduct of political parties, their candidates and supporters before, during and after every general or off-season election, a peace accord was put together by the National Peace Committee (NPC),
The peace accord, which has become a permanent feature of Nigeria’s electoral process, boosts efforts at ensuring free, fair and credible elections in the country.
Before every general election or off-season governorship election, political parties, and their candidates are mandated to sign this peace accord to commit to a peaceful conduct.