The Presidency has countered the claim by the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, Matthew Kukah, that President Bola Tinubu did not sign the peace accord ahead of the 2023 presidential election.
Kukah had levelled the allegation when the peace accords committee met with actors in the 2024 Edo State governorship poll.
The statement by the Bishop followed the refusal of the Peoples Democratic Party to sign the peace accord in Benin, the Edo State capital.
He said: “What is also very interesting is that the current president, when he was a presidential candidate, did not sign.
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“It wasn’t our fault that the political opposition didn’t take advantage of it.”
But reacting to the statement on Tuesday, the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, said Kukah’s position was inaccurate.
In his reaction on X, Onanuga said: “Bishop Kukah is not correct; Tinubu signed peace accords in 2023
“Contrary to the claims by Bishop Kukah, President Tinubu signed the two peace accords preceding his election in 2023.
“The first accord, committing the candidates to a free and credible election in the country, was signed on September 29, 2022.
“Vice President Kashim Shettima represented Tinubu.
“The second agreement, signed on February 23, 2023, was for the candidates to accept the election outcome.
“Tinubu signed.”
