President Muhammadu Buhari says
he went “temporarily into a comma” when ex-President Goodluck Jonathan called
him on phone to say he had conceded the 2015 election.
Buhari said his predecessor had
stayed long enough in office to have caused problems at the round off of the
election.
Buhari said however, Jonathan’s
decision to concede defeat was great.
He added that he won the election
because of the commitment of Nigerians and the use of permanent voters cards
(PVCs).
Buhari was speaking when he
hosted some top members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to a
dinner at the presidential villa in Abuja.
“The PVCs worked well in 2015.
That was why when the former president rang me, I went temporarily into a coma,”
Buhari said.
“I will never forget the time. It
was quarter past 5pm and he said he called to congratulate me and that he had
conceded.
“He asked if I heard him, and I
said yes. I thanked him for his statesmanship.
“The truth is after being a
deputy governor, a governor, vice-president and president for six years, and he
took that decision is great. He could have caused some problems. He had stayed
long enough to cause problems.”
John Odigie-Oyegun, the party’s
national chairman, urged Buhari to continue beyond 2019.
He said doing otherwise would
mean that all what the president had struggled for would come to nothing.
“We are firmly, totally and
completely behind you and when you make up your mind soon as I hope you will,
you will find an army behind you,” Oyegun said.
“Those who wish you well are
already working and it is my hope that you will agree eventually that
continuity is important and critical. Otherwise, all what you have struggled
for will come to nothing.
“You have said it that you are not
an ethnic jingoist. I know this because I have known you for a very long time.
“For some of us, when these
things are said, we find it painful but I hope there will be proper rendition
of what you said today and it will start clearing the air.
“The only thing I will add is
that you have had a most challenging 2017 in every respect, including your
son’s predicament.
“It is our prayer that all the
struggles you have been through, all the efforts you have put in for this
country, the mind that you have to improve the lot of the ordinary man of this
country, that we will begin to see results in 2018 and see the essence of the
man, Muhammadu Buhari.”
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