The audio file of the historic conversation between President Goodluck Jonathan and President-elect Muhammadu Buhari, during which the former conceded defeat in Saturday’s presidential election, has been made public. With presidential election results from all but one of Nigeria’s 36 states counted, and the candidate of the APC, Gen. Buhari, clearly in unassailable lead, President Jonathan had telephoned Mr. Buhari to concede defeat.
President Jonathan made the call a little past 5P.M. on Monday after it became clear his party had lost the election.
The historic concession telephone call defused tension across Nigeria and has thrown up Mr. Jonathan as a democracy hero. That conversation is believed to have saved Nigeria from descending into violence in the aftermath of the election.
Source: Premium Times
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