As
Nigerians wait to go to the polls for the 2015 elections come March 28
and April 11 respectively, the Presidential candidate of The All
Progressives Congress (APC), General Muhammadu Buhari has commended his
rival and the incumbent president, Goodluck Jonathan for the first time
in a long while.Speaking in Abuja during the
visit of Mr. Kadre Ouedraogo, President of The Economic Community Of
West African States (ECOWAS), General Buhari praised President Jonathan
for assuring Nigerians that he will hand over power if he loses in the
forthcoming presidential election slated for March 28.
Buhari
further assured the delegation of a peaceful atmosphere before, during
and after the elections and praised Jonathan for assuring to hand over
to whoever emerged winner at the polls.
He said:
“The six
weeks extension is accommodated in the Constitution for holding
elections and INEC has said it has recorded between 75-80 per cent
successes in the distribution of the voter cards.
“Mr. President has made very encouraging comments weeks ago by saying he’ll hand over to whoever emerged winner.
“We
told our supporters to embrace peace before the accord and even after
the signing of the accord we have continued to urge them to show
restraint.
“We intend to maintain this pressure until the elections take place”.Meanwhile,
recent reports indicate that, armed hoodlums yesterday, February 18,
stormed the Enugu State campaign office of the All Progressives Congress
(APC) presidential candidate, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (rtd.).
The
incident comes the next day after violence had been unleashed unleashed
by the unknown at the APC rally in Okrika, Rivers State. A policeman was
killed and 50 people were injured.
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