Fani-Kayode denies attacking Buhari, APC out of personal motive

Media Director of the PDP Presidential Campaign Organization, PDPPCO, Mr. Femi

Fani-Kayode, yesterday explained that all the verbal assaults he rained on Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, and his party, the All Progressives Congress, APC, prior to the election, were not personal but were what his job required of him.

Fani-Kayode, who congratulated the President-elect for his victory and commended President Jonathan for conceding defeat, applauded the APC presidential campaign directorate for effectively executing what “they believe in”.

According to him, “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”.

 Speaking on behalf of PDPPCO, he said, “We start by saying that we commend and we congratulate General Muhammadu 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.”

Fani-Kayode, in praying for peace to reign in the country and success of Buhari’s administration, said, “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,” he stated.

The former Aviation minister called on Nigerians to continue to support the PDP, despite losing the election and called for full cooperation with the incoming administration “and to remember that we are first and foremost Nigerians before anything else”.

While asserting that he had no regret serving President Jonathan and the PDP, he advised the PDP not to lose hope as having lost “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,” he said.