Director of media and publicity for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Organisation, Femi Fani-Kayode has joined President Goodluck Jonathan in congratulating the President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari of All Progressives Congress (APC) for winning the March 28 Presidential election.
Fani-Kayode made it clear that all the attacks he launched on General Buhari during the campaign period were not personal as he was just doing the job that was assigned to him.
Addressing newsmen today in Abuja, Fani-Kayode commended and congratulated General Buhari for winning this election.
“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.
“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.”
Fani-Kayode acknowledged that PDP fought a virile, strong, aggressive and very effective campaign on behalf of the party’s 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.
He also commended President 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.
The PDP Presidential campaign spokesman called on Nigerians and the PDP supporters to stand firm and continue to support the democratic process and 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.”
This is even as he asked Nigerians to do everything possible to keep the peace in this country and to keep the country moving forward.
He said that in every election, there will always be a winner and a loser, adding: “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.”
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