Tag: Peace Pact
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Delta communities sign peace pact on boundary crisis
Feuding Aladja and Ogbe-Ijoh communities in Delta State have signed a pact to maintain peace and security. This is as the military comprising the Commanding Officer 3 Battalion of the Nigerian Army in Effurun waded into the lingering boundary crisis. The intervention of the military into the bloody boundary dispute had caused the leadership of…
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[JUST IN] Ondo Poll: Akeredolu, Ajayi, Jegede sign peace pact
Candidates participating in Saturday’s governorship election in Ondo State have signed a pact to ensure violence-free election and accept outcome of the exercise. All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate Governor Rotimi Akeredolu and those of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Eyitayo Jegede, the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) and Akeredolu’s deputy, Agboola Ajayi and thirteen other candidates…
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Edo Poll: Oba of Benin invites Obaseki, Ize-Iyamu for peace pact
The Oba of Benin, who is worried of the violent dimension that campaigns are going, said he would invite all the governorship candidates participating in the coming governorship election in the state to his palace to sign a peace pact. This, he said especially between the two major political parties; the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)…
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JUST IN: Atiku signs peace pact, tells Buhari to sign electoral bill
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party and former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar on Wednesday appeared before the National Peace Committee convened by Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar (retd) and Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Rev. Fr. Mathew Hassan Kukah, where he signed the peace accord for the 2019 general elections. Speaking shortly after signing…
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2019: Atiku, Ezekwesili sign peace pact
The Presidential Candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar and his Allied Congress Party of Nigeria counterpart, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, are to sign the peace accord on the conduct of the 2019 elections today. The two candidates and some others were not present when President Muhammadu Buhari, who is the candidate of the All…
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After signing peace pact, suspected Fulani herdsmen invade Southern Kaduna again
Despite the peace pact signed recently by Miyetti Allah and Southern Kaduna for healthy and peaceful co-existence, suspected Fulani herdsmen on Tuesday invaded Sunji/Kagoro community in Kaura local government area of Kaduna state. However, there was a strong resistance by members of the communities and security personnel when the herdsmen invaded the area. The…