Former President Goodluck Jonathan has congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari on the occasion of his 75th birthday.

In a statement on Saturday, Jonathan described Buhari as a statesman whose place in Nigeria’s history is guaranteed.

The statement released in Abuja by Ikechukwu Eze, his spokesman, read: “I wish to most sincerely congratulate you on your 75th birthday.

“My family and I are pleased to join your numerous well wishers to felicitate with you as you mark this day.

“Your Excellency, you are a statesman whose place in history as Nigeria’s leader, at different epochs in our nation’s development journey, is guaranteed.

“I pray that God Almighty that has kept you alive and healthy will continue to protect and strengthen you as you lend your efforts to the bid to realize our collective dreams for a greater and more prosperous nation. Congratulations.”

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