Nigeria, Jan. 14 -- Determined to ensure the forthcoming general elections in Nigeria are peaceful, the Sultan of Sokoto, Sa'ad Abubakar, and the Archbishop of Abuja, John Onaiyekan, will on Wednesday lead religious leaders across the nation in a two-day conference on the role of interfaith communities during the polls.

Coming under the auspices of the General Assembly of Interfaith Dialogue Forum for Peace [IDFP], the conference, slated for Abuja, will also discuss the imperative of national security in the conduct of the election, the body's Co-Chairmen, Ishaq Sanni and Sunday Onuoha.

IDFP is a national interfaith and intercultural dialogue forum that has the peaceful co-existence of all government recognised religions as well as ethn...