PDP not committed to peace accord, says BMO

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THE Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate in the February 16 presidential election, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, were never committed to any peace deal, the Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) said yesterday.

It was reacting to the opposition party’s threat to pull out of the peace accord it signed with the National Peace Committee alongside other registered political parties.

The PDP, in a statement yesterday by its spokesman Kola Ologbondiyan, threatened to pull out of the peace accord over comments made by Kaduna Governor Nasir El-Rufai that foreign observers who interfere in the electoral process would leave the country in body bags.

In the reaction by its Chairman Niyi Akinsiju, the BMO alleged the former vice president and his party grudgingly signed the peace pact in the first place.

He said it took intensive pressure on PDP’s candidate before he “grudgingly” consented to sign the peace accord not more than 48 hours after all willing consenters to the accord had done so.

Akinsiju said: “In issuing this threat at this time is in furtherance of the PDP’s Dubai agenda to build a case for the disruption of the presidential election or at the minimum, create a perception of ill will around the election with intent at discrediting the election which they know they will lose even before they commenced formal campaign.

“To advance their evil agenda, in their desperation, they have continued to throw all manners of tantrums, rubbishing institutions of States without any modicum of patriotism and civility.”

The BMO leader, however, assured that no matter the threat from the main opposition party, “the presidential election will be held peacefully and creditably well to their shame.”