President Muhammadu Buhari, the
candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), is absent at the BIG
presidential debate.
The debate, which is ongoing at
Sheraton Hotel, Abuja, had representatives from all the other political parties
invited, except the APC.
The debate, which focuses on
“Corruption and Accountability” is hosted by the Centre for Democracy and
Development (CDD), and sponsored by MacArthur Foundation.
Present at the debate are the
presidential candidates of African Action Congress, and Abundant Nigeria
Renewal Party, Omoyele Sowore and Tope Fasua.
Kazeem Afegbua, a spokesperson of
the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) campaign and spokesperson to Ibrahim
Babangida, former head of state, represented the party at the debate.
Paul Isamadi, national secretary
of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN), is currently representing Oby
Ezekwesili, the ACPN presidential candidate.
Buhari, the incumbent, and has
not attended any presidential debate since the election season kicked off for
the February 16 elections.
Atiku Abubakar of the PDP has
also been absent from all debates — but has delegated proxies to the debates.
More to follow…
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