Candidates for Nigeria’s top office from a variety of political groups gathered on Wednesday at the International Conference Centre in Abuja to sign the Peace Agreement, which was organized by the Abdulsalami Abubakar-led Peace Committee, ahead of the country’s presidential election on Saturday.
Candidates for president from the Labour Party, Peter Obi; the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar; the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu; the African Action Congress, Omoyele Sowore; and the New Nigeria Peoples Party, Rabiu Kwankwaso, among others, were present.
The Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar, the President, President Muhammadu Buhari and previous Heads of State Yakubu Gowon and Abdulsalami Abubakar were also present.