The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has shunned the signing of a peace accord between political parties participating in local council election in Kwara.
17 other political parties, including the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, signed the peace accord on Tuesday.
The peace accord was initiated by the Security Consultative Committee for the 2017 Local Government election in Kwara, headed by the Commissioner of Police, Alhaji Lawan Ado.
Adducing reasons for the party’s apparent boycott of the accord, newly elected Chairman of PDP in Kwara, Chief Iyiola Oyedepo, told the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, on Wednesday, that the event coincided with the party’s congress.
Oyedepo, however, expressed the readiness of the party to fully participate in the election.
Meanwhile the commissioner of police was convinced that since majority of the political parties had signed the peace accord, the absence of the PDP would not vitiate the agreement.
Ado expressed the readiness of the command to ensure that the election was peaceful in all the 193 wards in the state.
The local government council elections in Kwara is slated for November 18.
