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\u00a0I \u00a0was shocked when former president Goodluck Jonathan called me \u00a0to concede defeat while votes were still being counted during the 2015 election, President Muhammadu buhari has disclosed<\/p>\n

Buhari made the disclosure on Monday at the Presidential Banquet Hall, Aso Villa, Abuja, when he hosted the State House Press Corps to a lunch as part of activities marking this year\u2019s democracy day.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen he made that famous call at 4:45 pm and said \u2018Good evening Mr. President, I have called to congratulate you and I concede defeat\u2019, I was silent for quite a while because I was surprised and he said \u2018did you hear me?\u2019,\u201d the president said.<\/p>\n

Buhari said he was shocked because for someone who was a deputy governor, a governor, a vice president and a president for six years to concede that easily showed \u00a0Jonathan\u2019s \u201cgreat sense of patriotism\u201d.<\/p>\n

President Buhari said another former military head of state, Abdulsalami Abubakar, advised him to visit Jonathan for his \u201cstatesmanship and decision to save the Nigerian state\u201d.<\/p>\n

Buhari also said \u00a0Jonathan belonged to a party that was at the helms of affairs for 16 years and for him to still go ahead and concede \u201cwas definitely not an easy decision\u201d.<\/p>\n

The president added that during the visit to thank \u00a0Jonathan, General Abdulsalami again advised that in order to smoothen the transition process, he (Buhari) should set up a committee to meet with the outgoing ministers of \u00a0Jonathan to begin the process of handing over at that level.<\/p>\n

\u201cJonathan sincerely agreed to the suggestion and I got one of the best bureaucrats, in the person of Ahmed Joda, and told him to look round the country and come up with a team for the task.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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