Presidential election: Kukah, Abdulsalami move to stop war of words between APC and PDP

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Pic.25. From left: Former Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon; President Muhammadu Buhari; former Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar; former Chief of General Staff, retired Commodore Ebitu Ukiwe; FCT Minister, Mohammed Bello; and Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah, at a conference of all Political Parties and signing of Peace Accord by the presidential candidates on 2019 General Elections, organized by the National Peace Committee in Abuja on Tuesday (11/12/18). 06518/11/12/2018/Albert Otu/BJO/NAN

Members of the National Peace Committee, including the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Kukah and a former military Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar,  meet with Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo Wednesday night.

It was gathered that the members of the committee proceeded to the Presidential Villa just after it concluded a meeting with the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, around 8pm.

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Findings revealed that the series of meetings were aimed at toning down the war of words between the APC and the PDP following the announcement of the result of the Presidential election.

While Atiku has vehemently rejected the result describing it as a robbery of people’s will, the APC, most especially its National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, has not spared any opportunity to scorn the former vice president, and his allies.

Through the meeting, the peace committee was asking both parties no to incite violence, by obeying accord they signed during the build-up to the elections.

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