Jonathan’s Phone Call Has Changed The Course Of Political History – Buhari
President elect, Muhammadu Buhari today acknowledged that President Goodluck Jonathan’s phone call to concede defeat changed the course of history, as he could have chosen to use his power of incumbency to scuttle the electoral process.
“What I will say is since the telephone call you made, you have
changed the course of Nigeria’s political history. For that you have
earned yourself a place in our history, for stabilising this system of
multi party democracy system and you have earned the respect of not only
Nigerians but world leaders,” Buhari told Jonathan at the Presidential
Villa after receiving the hand over note as well as the report of the
National Conference from him.
“All the leaders that spoke to me and congratulated us for arriving
at the point we arrived, mentioned this and I could understand, a lot of
relief in their voices that Nigeria has made it after all and this is
largely owed to a situation.
“If you (Jonathan) had attempted to make things difficult, you could
have made things difficult and that would have been at the expense of
lives of poor Nigerians, but you choose the part of honour and may God
help all of us. Thank you very much your excellency,” he said.
Speaking earlier, President Jonathan told Buhari that the documents
he was handing over would give the incoming president the “mission
statement of the commitment of this government for the past five years
and the directions we are going that will help you to navigate.”
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