President Muhammadu Buhari,the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, and the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar,were absent from the NEDG/BON presidential debate that held at the TranscorpHilton Hotel in Abuja.

Both candidates had been invited for the debate along with the presidential candidates of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN), Oby Ezekwesili; Alliance for New Democracy (ANN), Mr Fela Durotoye; and Young Progressives Party (YPP), Kingsley Moghalu.

But they were absent at the debate with no reason given for their absence.

All three other candidates were present.

•Sourced from a Channels TV report