Buhari meets Tunde Thompson

The President-elect, Muhammadu
Buhari, on Tuesday met with Tunde
Thompson, one of the journalists
jailed for violating Decree 4 in 1984
when he was a military Head of
State.
Buhari met with him when he
hosted members of his Media Team
and Social Media Influencers at the
Defence House, Abuja on Tuesday.
The President-elect cracked jokes
with Thompson and praised him for
rising above his jail experience to
forgive and support his presidential
bid.
He reminded Thompson, who is a
member of his media team, that
what happened under his military
regime was one of the challenges
of that period.
Buhari also applauded his
campaign media team led by
Mallam Shehu Garba for running “a
very decent media campaign”
despite the hate campaigns
mounted against him by the
Peoples Democratic Party.”
He added, “I want to commend you
especially for two things. First, is
the decent media campaign you
conducted despite the PDP’s dirty
tactics, you stayed focused on
issues and avoided the temptation
to sling mud.”
The President-elect particularly
commended Garba for providing
leadership that led to the success
of his team.
He said, “I thank you for your
uncommon motivation to do the
work. Despite the lean budget on
which we ran our campaign, you
did not allow the lack of adequate
remuneration to stall the work at
any point in time. You continued to
give your best.”
The President-elect also praised
the Independent National Electoral
Commission for deploying
technology in the conduct of the
last election.

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