Nigeria, Dec. 4 -- The presidential campaign council of the All Progressives Congress (APC) says its candidate, Bola Tinubu, will not attend the town hall series organised by Arise TV in collaboration with other organisations.

The PCC, in a statement issued on Saturday by one of its spokespersons, Bayo Onanuga, said the 1999 Constitution does not make it mandatory for a candidate to attend a debate organised by any entity.

Arise TV had in a statement recently asked all candidates to respect the Constitution and attend its debate after Mr Tinubu refused to honour the first invitation and even vowed not to attend other debates.

"Expects all candidates seeking elections to form a government under this constitution, to respect the letters ...