Debate organizers deny leaking questions to Jonathan, PDP By Lucia Edafioka

The Nigeria Elections Debate Group (NEDG) has denied leaking questions of the president and vice presidential debates to the PDP or any of the 14 parties billed to participate in the debates. The Chairman of the Board of Trustees (BOT) of NEDG and Director General of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) Mr Sola Omole, denied the allegations after a meeting of the board in Abuja yesterday. He said, “As we speak, the questions that are going to be asked are still being worked upon by our debate format committee. Those questions are not ready. Therefore there is absolutely no reason why anybody would have the questions right now”. According to Mr Sola, while the vice presidents’ debate would hold on February 1 in three sessions, the presidential session would hold on February 8 in Abuja in three sessions and would all be televised live, adding that 13 political parties have confirmed participating in the debate.