President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday said he never
expected that former President Goodluck Jonathan would
concede defeat so easily after the March 2015 presidential
election.
He said it was unbelievable that having spent 16 years in
public offices ranging from deputy governor and state
governor to being Vice-President and President, Jonathan
could throw in the towel like that.
Buhari spoke while hosting State House correspondents to
a lunch at the Presidential Villa, Abuja as part of activities
marking his one year in office.
He said, “This is where I pay my respect to former
President Goodluck Jonathan. This is actually privileged
information for you.
“He called me at a quarter past five in the evening. He said,
‘Good evening Your Excellency Sir’ and I said, ‘Good
evening.’ He said, ‘I have called to congratulate you that I
have conceded defeat.’
“Of course there was a dead silence on my end because I
did not expect it. I was shocked.
“I did not expect it because after 16 years, the man was a
deputy governor, governor, Vice-President and was
President for six years.
“For him to have conceded defeat even before the result
was announced by INEC, I think it was quite generous and
gracious of him.
“Gen. Abdulsalami recognised the generosity of Jonathan
to concede defeat and said we should go and thank him
immediately and that was the first time I came here.”
He recalled that it was the former military leader,
Abdusalami Abubakar, who suggested the setting up of
transition committees because that was the way he did it
when he wanted to hand over to former President
Olusegun Obasanjo in 1999.
Buhari regretted that while Jonathan was not opposed to
the idea at the beginning, he was later prevailed upon by
his ministers not to cooperate.
He said their argument was that the former President
would have handed over government to him (Buhari)
before his inauguration.
Watching from outside government, Buhari said he
underrated the influence of the Peoples Democratic
Party’s 16 years in power.

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Should him now cause riot because he was defeated?

Goodluck Jonathan is a humble man.

Seriously, God knows the best.

Gudluck d great zombies over 2u