Femi Fani-Kayode Congratulates Buhari, Says His Attacks Are Not Personal
Manager, Femi Fani-Kayode congratulates the
president elect, Muhammadu Buhari.
Fani-Kayode released a statement where he talked
about how Goodluck Jonathan did the right thing and
why Nigerians should accept the result.
Read what Fani-Kayode wrote below:
Ladies and gentlemen of the media,
We have come here today to express our gratitude to
the Nigerian people for the overwhelming support
that we received over the last few weeks when it
comes to the issue of the Presidential election.
We fought a virile, strong, aggressive and very
effective campaign on behalf of our candidate,
President Goodluck Jonathan and we put the case to
the Nigerian people as to why we believe that he
ought to have been elected as President for a second
term.
We are very proud of the efforts of our President and
of our party and we are also very proud of the efforts
of every single one of those who participated in the
Presidential Campaign Organisation. As a Directorate
we could not have asked for anything more in terms
of support and encouragement from our colleagues
and comrades within the party and the Campaign
Organisation. I am personally very proud of my
team, every single one of them; my Assistant
Directors, my officers, my advisory team and every
single one of those that joined hands to help us to
state our case and to sell our candidate to the
Nigerian people.
It has however come to a point that we must tell the
world and the Nigerian people about how we feel
about the outcome of the election. What we will say
here today is basically to reiterate and to reflect the
words of our leader and President, President
Goodluck Jonathan. We start by saying that we
commend and we congratulate General Muammadu
Buhari for winning this election. We also wish to
commend our President, President Goodluck
Jonathan, for having the courage to concede that he
has lost the election at the earliest moment and also
for being able to stand up and rise above party
politics and being able to speak like a statesman.
We therefore urge the Nigerian people and our
teeming supporters to stand firm and continue to
support the democratic process and continue to
agitate for a better Nigeria. We urge them to continue
to support our party the PDP as best as they can
even though we lost this election. We ask them to co-
operate with the incoming government and to
remember that we are first and foremost Nigerians
before anything else.
On the day of the election when I went to vote at Ile-
Ife, I held a press conference in which I told the
people that more than anything else that we should
try our very best to keep the peace in this country
and to keep the country moving forward. I also
reminded them that in every election there will
always be a winner and a loser. It is a mark of our
humanity and it is also symptomatic of the type of
people that we are and who we are that when the
time comes we can say we fought a good fight but we
lost.
And having lost, it does not mean that it is the end to
the world, it just means that we need to re-group, re-
organise ourselves and begin the process all over
again because another elections will come in a few
years time. And that is where we are today. We have
conceded that we have lost. We acknowledge the fact
that we fought a good fight. We do not have any fears
about the future. We did the right thing during the
campaign. We have no regrets about our candidate
or the way in which we conducted our campaign and
we will live to fight another day
Finally let me commend all our colleagues on the
other side for also standing up for what they believed
in. There was absolutely nothing personal as regards
this Directorate or myself. I had nothing personal
against anybody. I was simply doing my job for
which I have no regrets and I wish them well and I
sincerely hope that they will take Nigeria to a level
that we can all be proud of.
May God grant each and everyone of us peace. May
He watch over our nation. May He guide our
President for the next two months whilst he is still in
power and thereafter and may He guide and lead the
President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari, in the
herculean task that lies ahead for him. My prayer is
that he brings our nation together, heals the wounds
and that he builds the bridges in terms of religion,
ethnicity and region that he needs to build in order
for us to make Nigeria a better place and to ensure
that Nigeria becomes a great country that she is
destined to be.
I want to end this message by thanking our
colleagues in the press for always responding to us
so quickly and for always being ready to hear our
message and for putting it out there. Also those on
the social media, both friend and foe, we thank you
for your efforts. We thank our foes because they kept
us on our toes and we thank our friends because
they encouraged us and gave us hope.
May God grant you all peace and joy and may you
live long and prosper.
God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
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