The Director, Media and Publicity Directorate of the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Organization, APCPCO, Mallam Garba Shehu has said APC never expected president Jonathan to concede defeat so easily ..
Speaking with Sunday Vanguard, Shehu said
“But for the President to have come and say ‘I accept accept defeat as the leader of the country’; that had an effect of really calming things down. And that’s why, whether they like it or not, President Jonathan has written his name in gold in so far as this is concerned.”
Shehu assured that the president-elect would not avenge the attacks on his person by the allies of Jonathan, saying there was enough work to do to meet the aspirations of Nigerians than pursuing mundane things.
Speaking with Sunday Vanguard, Shehu said
“I can say that the President acted with grace. He surprised us because we never expected that they would accept defeat. In fact, the sense everyone had was that they probably had plan A, B, C or D. And in any case, with the kind of thing that Mr. Orubebe did at the collation center, you knew that even when the President had grace, given the chance with the community of people around him, they could have threatened this democracy.“Look, I have been involved in presidential campaigns about three or four times in the past, the difference is that this is the most fearful campaign that I have ever experienced.
This is the most life threatening campaign because we were dealing with opponents we thought would stop at nothing because they were throwing everything into it. So, we were not taking anything for granted. It affected our lives. Would you see me in a night club? You couldn’t risk it because you didn’t even know who was trailing you. And it came as a huge relief.
“Again, we were getting security reports from our own sources. Until the President said ‘I concede’ and congratulated Buhari, we felt every minute that something wrong would happen. There was a clear and discernible threat to democracy as a system of government.
“Look, everyone felt concerned because, what if, God forbid, he declared a coup? These scenarios had been laid before Nigerians. Mr. Okupe, the Special Adviser to the President, was he not on Youtube, recorded on video, saying that Buhari will never become President? What do you take that for? It means that Buhari would win and they will take it away from him.
“This careless talk, arrogant display of power, it had come from the Villa. Many sources with linkages to power: Asari-Dokubo, Chief E.K. Clark and all of them, were they not sounding words to the President? They had said it that they would take away their part of the country from Nigeria if Buhari won.
“But for the President to have come and say ‘I accept accept defeat as the leader of the country’; that had an effect of really calming things down. And that’s why, whether they like it or not, President Jonathan has written his name in gold in so far as this is concerned.”
Shehu assured that the president-elect would not avenge the attacks on his person by the allies of Jonathan, saying there was enough work to do to meet the aspirations of Nigerians than pursuing mundane things.
Northerners should thank bokoharam for helping them to rig for buhari.They have achieve their dubious aim.
ReplyDeleteAny correlation?
DeletePARENTAL GUIDANCE!!!!
Delete"Shehu assured that the president-elect would not avenge the attacks on his person by the allies of Jonathan, saying there was enough work to do to meet the aspirations of Nigerians than pursuing mundane things."
No way FFK and FAYOSE must not go unpunished...The ancestors will not allow it
Yes! Plenty of correlation and you know it!
DeleteEnough Abeg
DeleteEnough of the election issue already. Now can we move on to other things!
DeleteWe don hear, pls can we move on now?
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ReplyDeleteI guess he didn't meet up to their expectations..
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God bless President GEJ for accepting the change..note of warning to GEJ supporters be magnanimous to accept the change!!! God bless Buhari for the courage!! God bless GEJ for deepening democracy !! God bless Nigeria-PST. Chekeleke
ReplyDeleteU ddny pray 2day, dd u? What do u mean he accepted the change?
Delete@Belinda ,Mr.President conceded to defeat simple and short -PST.chekeleke
DeleteMoving on ...
ReplyDeleteErrrrr.... can they quit gloating! Cos it seriously irks.
ReplyDeleteIt's well
ReplyDeleteOkay........shall we keep on saying this till God blows his final trumpet on us
ReplyDeleteWe don hear
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ReplyDeleteAah aah wetin sef msheww
We haff hear
ReplyDeleteGEJ is a man of peace. In other word what these thugs called APC are saying is that they would not have accepted defeat had it been they lost.
ReplyDeleteSMH for those who are craving for change
if reverse was the case, they wouldn't have conceded defeat.
ReplyDeletehe who run lives to fight another day.....he showed us why he is the president...every disagreement must not end with violence...kudos GEJ
I am Jonathanian.. Happy Feast of Passover.. IT IS WELL
ReplyDelete....And we all live happily ever after!!!
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