President elect, Muhammadu Buhari Thursday
acknowledged that President Goodluck Jonathan
would have made things difficult for the country if
had decided to use his power of incumbency to
scuttle the electoral process.
Speaking at the Presidential Villa after receiving
the hand over note as well as the report of the
National Conference from President Jonathan,
Buhari said by the singular phone call that
Jonathan put to him conceding defeat, he has
changed the course of the Nation’s Political
History.
According to Buhari, by choosing to concede
defeat, President Jonathan saved the lives of
many Nigerians that would have been lost if he
insisted on sitting tight.
According to Buhari, president was capable of
using the power of incumbency to make things
difficult on the outcome of the presidential
election at the expense of the lives of poor
Nigerians, but he chose to tow the path of
selflessness.
” 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.
“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.
On his part, President Jonathan told Buhari before
handing over the notes as well as the report of
the national conference that “this will give you
(Buhari) a 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.

Source: www.vanguardngr.com/2015/05/jonathans-telephone-call-changed-course-of-our-political-history-buhari/