Buhari thanks Nigerians, calls for sober reflection

The candidate of the All
Progressives Congress in the just-
concluded elections, Maj. Gen.
Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has
expressed gratitude to Nigerians
for voting him and his party to steer
the ship of state for the next four
years.
Buhari said this in an interim
message of gratitude to Nigerians
in Abuja, on Tuesday.
This was contained in a statement
signed by the Director of Media and
Publicity of the APC campaign,
Mallam Garba Shehu.
In the message, Buhari thanked
Nigerians “for choosing him and his
party over and above the PDP and
their candidate, the incumbent
President, Dr Jonathan Goodluck.”
The APC statement said it “declared
victory after Dr. Jonathan called
General Buhari at 5:15pm to make a
concession and congratulate the
winner.”
Shehu quoted Buhari as saying the
mood of the country as well as its
current state did not warrant the
type of wild celebrations
reportedly going on in some cities
across the country.
“Buhari said anybody happy with
the victory of the APC in the
presidential election will not be
involved in the molestation of
opponents or the destruction of
their property.
“He or she is not with me, whoever
does that,” Buhari curtly said.
He is expected to make a major
acceptance speech at 11 am today
after the Chairman of the
Independent National Electoral
Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega,
might have officially declared him
as the winner of the March 28
presidential election.