Abdul Salami Committee Speaks On Peace Pact Enforcement.

National Peace Committee, led by former Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, has explained why it did not penalize candidates and political parties who flouted the peace accord entered into ahead of the 2023 general elections.

The National Peace Committee said, it had come under criticism over its silence following reported skirmishes, intimidations, and alleged vote-buying activities, especially at the February 25 presidential election where the current President, Bola Tinubu, was declared the winner.

Reacting to the criticism, NPC’s Head of Secretariat and Executive Director of The Kukah Centre, Reverend Father Atta Barkindo explained that the national peace committee does not have the constitutional power to arrest or prosecute any politician.

Addressing newsmen at the public presentation of preliminary evaluation report on support to the NPC through The Kukah Centre, Barkindo said it was the responsibility of the police and other security agencies constituted by law to go after violators of the peace accord, stressing that, the peace committee doesn’t have a constitutional power to arrest or prosecute anybody.