* File Photo: Tinubu signing the peace accord in February 2023
By Nudoiba Ojen
The Presidency on Tuesday faulted the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Kukah’s assertion that President Bola Tinubu, as All Progressives Congress presidential candidate in the 2023 election, did not sign peace accord.
The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, faulted the cleric in a tweet on his X handle on Tuesday, titled, “Bishop Kukah is not correct; Tinubu signed peace accords in 2023”.
Onanuga said, “Contrary to the claims by Bishop Kukah, President Tinubu signed the two peace accords preceding his election in 2023.
“The first accord, committing the candidates to a free and credible election in the country, was signed on September 29, 2022. Vice President Kashim Shettima represented Tinubu.
The second agreement, signed on February 23, 2023, was for the candidates to accept the election outcome. Tinubu signed”.
Kukah had on Sunday, during the Edo election security town hall meeting in Benin City, claimed Tinubu snubbed the peace accord that commits political parties and their candidates to a violent-free election.
Kukah had said, “What is also very interesting is that the current president, when he was a presidential candidate, did not sign. It wasn’t our fault that the political opposition didn’t take advantage of it”.
