The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Reverend Father Matthew Kukah, praised the presidential candidates of the 18 political parties who ran in the February 25 presidential and National Assembly elections for following to the ideals of the signed National Peace Agreement on Friday.
In a live interview on Arise Television on Friday, Rev. Father Kukah stated that the candidates acted in a way that showed respect to Nigeria’s politics and political processes, which he praised.
According to him, “as a convener of the National Peace Committee, we watched diligently to see that the principles enunciated in the signing of the Peace Accord are implemented.”
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Kukah, while commending the key political actors said: “On balance, Nigerians must agree that the presidential candidates did conduct themselves in a manner and in a way that brought a lot of respect to politics and the political processes.”
He stated that the lawmakers earned the praise because “we didn’t have the typical recriminations and so on and so forth.”
In separate press conferences on Thursday, candidates for the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, and the Labour Party, Peter Obi, refused to concede defeat, stating that they would go to court to challenge the results of the Presidential election, in which the All Progressives Congress candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, emerged victorious and was presented with a certificate of return as President-elect.
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