‘The National Peace Committee was my baby,’ Senator Ben Obi reveals origins of Abuja Peace Accord

Senator Ben Obi says he founded the National Peace Committee while serving as President Goodluck Jonathan’s Special Adviser on Inter-Party Affairs. He describes mobilising political parties through the Inter-Party Advisory Council and working with Bishop Hassan Kukah to select former head of state Abdulsalami Abubakar as committee chairman. They later consulted Cardinal John Onaiyekan and assembled a 23-member team, which helped bring about the Abuja Peace Accord signed by Jonathan and Muhammadu Buhari ahead of Nigeria’s 2015 presidential election.