President Muhammadu Buhari was present at the signing of the second peace accord by presidential candidates less than three days to Saturday’s poll.
This is as the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, his Labour Party’s rival, Peter Obi, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Atiku Abubakar and 15 others on Wednesday participated at the peace accord ceremony which held in Abuja in the full glare of members of the international community. 
Also at the ceremony were the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) presidential hopeful, Rabiu Kwankwaso, Omoyele Sowore of the African Action Congress (AAC) and the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) candidate, Kola Abiola, among others.
Former Head of State, Yakubu Gowon, and members of the National Peace Committee led by its chairman, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar, Bishop of the Sokoto Catholic Diocese, Bishop Matthew Kukah also witnessed the event.
The event which attracted many members of the diplomatic corp and foreign observers also had former President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, former Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta among other African leaders in attendance.
The presidential candidates by signing the peace accord had agreed to accept the outcome of the election.
Former President Goodluck Jonathan, who was represented at the gathering by Kukah, said the peace accord is needed to deter candidates and their allies from using negative tactics to influence the election.
He said: “This (peace accord) is aimed at mitigating disinformation and misinformation during the election and in the time of the social media era.
“There is no other time than now given the considerable tension in the country as a result of the election. The election is not war. The country needs a stable democracy and the rest of the world looks up to us to get our leadership recruitment process right.”
