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The Presidency has accused the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, General Muhammadu Buhari of avoiding a debate with his Peoples Democratic Party counterpart, President Goodluck Jonathan.

The Presidency alleged that Buhari and his campaign organisation had rebuffed all efforts to get him to debate with President Jonathan.

The Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, made the allegation in a piece sent to SUNDAY PUNCH entitled We challenge Buhari to a debate,

Abati said, The man to blame for this denial is General Muhammadu Buhari, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress. Getting him to debate the incumbent, President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, has been an uphill task.

To say that the man is scared, practically running away from an opportunity to debate his ideas against the incumbents, is to be charitable. He doesnt want it. Every effort to get him to the podium has been rebuffed by him and his handlers.

He said while Jonathan accepted invitations to two presidential debates before the elections were rescheduled, Buhari was not interested in any of them.

The presidential spokesperson noted that every Nigerian would love to see the PDP and APC presidential candidates in a debate, being the main contenders in the election. According to him, that would be good for our democracy.

Abati recalled that the first group that approached Jonathan was represented by John Momoh of Channels TV; Emeka Izeze of The Guardian, and Nduka Obaigbena of ThisDay, Arise TV and the Newspapers Proprietors Association of Nigeria.

He said while the Presidency agreed to any Sunday, Buhari allegedly rejected a Sunday because he does not work on Sundays.

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Buhari scared of debate with Jonathan Presidency