How Jonathan called me to concede defeat – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has for the first time, shared a vivid description of how former President Goodluck Jonathan conceded defeat to him in the March 28, 2015 presidential elections.

While hosting State House Correspondents to a luncheon at the New Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa on Monday, Buhari said he was shocked that Jonathan could call him and easily concede that the election was lost.

“This is where I pay my respect to former President Goodluck Jonathan. This is actually a 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 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. Abdulsalam recognized 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.”

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