Expectations dim as Buhari, Atiku show no commitment to presidential debate

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By Emmanuel Aziken, Political Editor

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.

bauhar atiku 2019 Expectations dim as Buhari, Atiku show no commitment to presidential debate
President Muhammadu Buhari and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar

Buhari: To debate or not to debate (2)

Buhari, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC has yet to commit himself to the debate planned for by the Nigerian Election Debate Group, NEDG, a coalition of government and civil society groups. Buhari’s campaign spokesman, Mr. Festus Keyamo told Vanguard yesterday that the decision on a debate has yet to be taken.

“The decision on whether to attend the debate has not been taken and it is a decision that is to be taken by the Presidential Campaign Council, PCC and it is not a decision that I can take,” Keyamo who serves as the director of strategic communications of the Buhari…



Source: Vanguard Newspaper