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POLITICAL parties fielding candidates for the September 21, 2024 governorship election in Edo State have signed a Peace Accord www.AfriqueCAN.com
The candidate representing the Peoples Democratic Party – PDP, for the election, Asue Ighodalo, however, did not sign Thursday’s Peace Accord.
The All Progressives Congress – APC, and its candidate, Monday Okpebholo, the Labour Party – LP, and its candidate Olumide Akpata signed among others.
“As you must have seen in the media, I met the Governor (Godwin Obaseki) yesterday and he told me that the PDP is not going to sign this peace accord,’’
former Head of State General Abdulsalami Abubakar said at the venue of the signing of the peace accord in Benin City, the Edo State capital.
“They have made some observations and I was expecting the Chairman of the PDP to come and make that statement. Having waited for him this long, it is just to announce that the PDP said they are not going to sign,”Abubakar added.
According to the former Head of State, the PDP wanted some conditions to be met before the party would sign the accord.