The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, was absent on Thursday as the presidential candidates of other political parties were physically present for the signing of the now-customary peace pact.
Tinubu’s running mate, Kashim Shettima, was present at the signing, as well as Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, Peter Obi of the Labour Party, and Rabiu Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, among others.
The peace pact organised by the National Peace Committee (NPC) is chaired by a former military Head of State, Abdulsalami Abubakar.
Recall Abdulsalam had last week, after a meeting with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), said the candidates will sign two accords.
According to the former military ruler, the one to be signed on Thursday is to ensure rancour-free and a fair campaign devoid of acrimony while the other one on the accepting the outcome of the result will be signed in January.