President Buhari yesterday revealed that the call from former President
Jonathan conceding defeat before INEC announced the results of the 2015
Presidential election, left him in shock. Buhari disclosed this while
speaking at the luncheon he organized for state house correspondents at
the presidential villa yesterday May 30th.
"This is where I pay my respect to former President Goodluck Jonathan.
This is actually a privileged information for you (journalists). He
called me at a quarter past five in the evening. He said ‘Good evening
your excellency’, and I said “Good evening your excellency’. He said I
have called to congratulate you that I have conceded defeat. Of course
there was dead silence on my end because I did not expect it. I was
shocked. I did not expect it because after 16 years in government, the
man was a deputy governor, a governor, a Vice-President and was
President for six years. For him to have conceded defeat even before the
result was announced by INEC, I think that was quite generous and
gracious of him.”he said
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