Leadership
25 March 2011
Abuja and Kaduna — Three of the leading presidential candidates in the forthcoming April polls - General Muhammadu Buhari of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC); Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP); and Malam Nuhu Ribadu of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN)- have opted out of the proposed presidential debate slated for March 29, 2011, by the Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria (BON) .
The decision was apparently a reaction to the failure of President Goodluck Jonathan of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to attend the debate put together by the Nigeria Election Debate Group (NEDG), a coalition of various broadcast organisations and other professional bodies including the media, last week.The trio also described the proposed debate as part of an orchestrated charade.
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