Matthew Kukah, Catholic Bishop of Sokoto diocese, don declare sey President Bola Tinubu no signal di peace accord throughout di 2023 presidential election.
Kukah tok on Sunday, throughout di Edo election safety city corridor assembly for Benin.
“Wetin folo dey fascinating be sey di present president, di time im be presidential candidate, no signal am. No be our fault sey di political opposition no reap the benefits of am,” na so di Catholic Bishop tok.
Di Catholic Bishop claim don gada plenti consideration, with some Nigerians wey dey query weda wetin im tok right.
PEACE ACCORDS FOR NIGERIA
With completely different tins wey hapun earlier than di 2015 election, dem establlish di national peace committee (NPC) for 2014 to make sure peaceable and credible elections for di kontri.
Di committee, wit Abdulsalami Abubakar, former head of state, as oga, don perform completely different peace pacts for candidates wey dey contest political workplaces for each state and federal ranges.
On September 21, pipu for Edo go enter polling unit cast dia votes for candidates wey dem like.
Howeva, issues about di peace and security of voters don dey rise, afta di Individualss Democratic Occasion’s no gree signal di peace accord.
Di PDP tok sey na as a result of dem no belief police.
Godwin Obaseki, governor of Edo, accuse di police of working for di All Progressives Congress (APC), afta dem arrest 10 PDP members. Obaseki declare sey police bin no get sufficient proof or legitimate circumstances towards dem.
Ontop di PDP mata, Kukah tok sey no be di first time wey candidate go refuse signal peace pact.
WETIN WE CHECK
TheCable examine di 2023 peace pact report wey NPC publish, discover sey dem bin signal two peace accords for nationwide degree, afta di violence wey folo earlier elections for di kontri.
Di first pact bin encourage political events and dia candidates to ensure sey dia targets na confam election marketing campaign methods as a substitute of misinformation and hate speech. Di candidates signal di pact on September 29, 2022.
Di 2023 presidential candidates gada for di Worldwide Convention Centre, Abuja to signal di peace pact without cost and credible election for di kontri.
Peter Obi, candidate of di Labour Occasion (LP); Atiku Abubakar, PDP candidate; Rabiu Kwankwaso, flagbearer of di New Nigeria Peoples Occasion (NNPP); and Omoyele Sowore, commonplace bearer of di African Motion Congress (AAC) bin all dey di occasion, besides Tinubu, wey dem tok sey bin dey UK.
Na Kashim Shettima, im working mate, bin represent am.
Oda media platforms bin folo report di signing of di first peace pact for 2022, instance for here, here and here.
Di second pact, wey dem signal on February 23, 2023, na to ensure sey di candidates go settle for di final result of di election.
Tinubu bin dey di signing of di second pact.
FINAL TOK
Based mostly on confam informate, di declare wey Kukah make sey Tinubu no signal di 2023 election peace pact no right.
