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General News of Friday, 19 May 2023

Source: www.mynigeria.com

Jonathan conceding defeat in 2015 unprecedented and un-Nigerian - Prez Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari and former President Goodluck Jonathan President Muhammadu Buhari and former President Goodluck Jonathan

President Muhammadu Buhari, has revealed how shocked he was to receive a call from his predecessor, Dr Goodluck Jonathan, congratulating and conceding defeat.

According to him, the act of former President Goodluck Jonathan was unprecedented and, definitely, un-Nigerian.

Speaking at the farewell meeting with his media support group, Buhari Media Organisation (BMO), at the State House, Abuja on Thursday, May 18, Buhari narrated how Jonathan called him around 5pm that evening to congratulate him.

"Jonathan called me at 5:25 that evening to say congratulations. I said pardon me Mr. President? He said yes, I called to concede and congratulate you. That was equally very un-Nigerian.”

He applauded the hard work of his media team all through his eight years in office saying; “without salary, letter of appointment or any formal rewards, describing their sacrifices as ‘very un-Nigerian.”