The Presidency has said President Bola Tinubu signed the Peace Accords in 2023.
The Senior Special Adviser on Information and Strategy to the President, Bayo Onanuga, said the accusation that President Tinubu refused to sign the Peace Accord was false.
The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Dioceses and the Co-Chairman of the National Peace Committee, Bishop Matthew Kukah, while speaking at the Edo Election Security Townhall on Sunday, in Benin, stated that political parties and candidates cannot be forced to sign the Peace Accord.
“The National Peace Committee, what we do is not in the Electoral Act, it’s not law; it’s moral. You can’t compel people to fall in love or love their neighbour.
“If you go back to the 2019 election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate for the PDP, was not there to sign the Peace Accord. And of course, the opposition went to town, which is what it ought to be, and the next day, he (Atiku) turned up to sign.
“What is also very…