Nigeria

President Muhammadu Buhari and the main opposition candidate, Atiku Abubakar, were absent at the presidential debate organised by the Nigerian Election Debate Group (NEDG) and the Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria (BON) on Saturday.

The presidential candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN), Oby Ekekwesili, has said Nigeria must disrupt and change its pattern of politics in order to end what she described as a cycle of failure. According to her, a major problem that the nation has witnessed over the years, is bad

The Coalition for United Political Parties had on Thursday claimed that the President was planning to evade the debate.

The presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, will only participate in the presidential debate slated for today if President Muhammadu Buhari attends, a campaign spokesperson has said.

The presidential candidates of Nigeria’s ruling and main opposition parties have shunned the presidential debate that is currently underway in Abuja.

According to one of his aides he landed the Abuja airport this afternoon for the televised presidential debate scheduled for 7pm Nigerian time today.

Atiku and Buhari were absent. Kingsley Moghalu was first to speak, listing things he can do if he eventually becomes the president. After Moghalu came Fela Durotoye who equally reeled out his party’s manifestos and how he stands as the best candidate for the 2019 presidential election. However

The tradition of holding public debates ahead of major elections, governorship and presidential, has gained ground in the Nigerian political space.

Opposition political parties on the platform of the Coalition of United Political Parties on Thursday said they were in possession of credible information about moves by President Muhammadu Buhari to dodge a presidential debate holding on Saturday.

The Nigerian Presidential Debate 2019 is just an opportunity to evaluate the policies, preparedness and demeanour of those who seek to govern Nigerians and decide who can design the roadmap to effective leadership and prosperity.

Plans for a television debate this Saturday between the two leading presidential candidates in the country are today rooted in intrigues as handlers of President Muhammadu Buhari and Atiku Abubakar engage in a game of intrigues.

Mr Sowore had on December 19, 2018, filed the suit through his lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, against the Nigeria Election Debate Group (NEDG), over the exclusion of his party from the vice-presidential debate held on December 14.